Evaluation of the Trends of Students’ Academic Performance in Basic Science in Secondary Schools in a Hoada East LGA (2020–2024)
Keywords:
Basic science, performance, evaluation, trends, secondary schoolsAbstract
The study investigated the trends in students’ performance in basic science in secondary schools in Ahoada East LGA. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a trend analysis approach. The population comprise all junior secondary school’s students in public and private schools. A sample size of 200 students was selected through the stratified random sampling techniques. The study was guided by 4 research questions and also four null hypotheses was formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level. Data were gathered through the student’s termly results for a period of five years. Data was analysed using the mean and SD for the research Questions while the t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for the testing of the null hypotheses. The results show that student’s performance fluctuated over the years with 2021 having the lowest and 2024 recording the highly. There was a significant difference among the group, while students’ gender did not have a significant effect on student’s performance trend in basic science during the period under study. Also, there was no significant difference in the performance trends between urban and rural schools. Contrarily, school type had a significant influence on student performance trends during the study period. Based on the results, it recommended that.
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