ABSTRACT
This research was designed to compare the academic performance of students in
boarding house and those who are day students. About one hundred and twenty
students were used for this study. These were drawn by using simple and
stratified random sampling by selecting students in three different secondary
schools in Oredo Local Government Area Benin city, Edo State. Questionnaire and
students scores in their first term examination were used, simple percentage
were employed to test these research question. Three research questions were
formulated they are:
a. Is
there any difference between the academic performance of both the boarding and
day students in education?
b. Is
there any difference between the academic performance of the students whose
parents are rich and those of poor parents?
c. Does
the environment have a positive or negative effect on the academic performance
of the students?
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter
One
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Purpose of the study
Basic assumption
Research question
Significance of the
study
Scope of the study
Chapter Two
Literature review
Chapter Three
Research design and
methodology
Research design
Population of the study
Samples/sampling
techniques
Administration and
collection of data
Instrument for data
analysis
Procedure for data
analysis
Chapter Four
Analysis and
presentation of results
Analysis and
interpretation of data
Chapter Five
Summary, conclusion and
recommendation
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The advent of white men leads to a formal and organized system of education,
but before then, Nigeria had her own indigenous system of education. This
system was basically traditional and largely informal, but this has been
replaced since the advent of European in the country. There is an organized
system, which is carried out in the school premises, whereby students are
allowed to reside in the school premises under the supervision of the school
staffs. This system can be traced back to the ancients Greeks system of
education in Anthems, where the young boys were sent to institutes to be
trained as brave solders (Ehigie, 2000).
This can equally be said about the old Nigerian indigenous system of education.
Looking back to our traditional society, apprentices were sent to stay with
their apprenticeship so as to be near their source of knowledge (Fafunwa,
1974). Nevertheless, the origin of boarding houses in formal education in
Nigeria can be traced to the advent of Christian missionary activities in
Nigeria as far back as the early 1840s. It was then used to schedule the
converts especially the young ones from the larger society to enable the
missionaries inculcate in there young ones Christian values as well as western
values and culture. The idea behind this was that, if the school children lived
in a mission-controlled environment, it would be easier to indoctrinate and
force them to attend school regularly. According to Aghenta (1983) he
identifies the objectives of the boarding houses systems as:
1. The
provision of opportunities for students of varying social and economic
background to live together and share common problems and interest.
2. The
provision of opportunities for students to develop independence and a sense of
responsibility.
3. The
provision of stable environment with regular sleep, planned diet and conducive
atmosphere, which encourages serious academic work.
4. The
provision of opportunities for students to make genuine friendship in life.
5. The
provision of boarding facilities for students whose parents live very far from
school.
The boarding system
however, is a matter of choice for those who can afford the cost. For others
they may prefer coming to school from home since they cannot afford it. There
have also been speculations on whether the boarding school is really necessary.
The question now is whether the cost of attending a boarding school is
proportional to a student’s academic excellence, or whether it is not with
preference to today’s school system. Therefore, it is in light of the notion
that the researcher went into this work.
STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM
The question of whether more boarding facilities should be provided for our
secondary school or not has in recent times engaged the attention of the
government as well as educators and parents alike. The federal as well as state
government have found it in increasingly difficult to provide enough secondary
school for the ever-increasing population of students. This is an issue that no
responsible government can afford to toy with, although recently more secondary
schools have been established through out the country by both the government
and private individuals, in Edo State for instance we now have more than free
government owned secondary schools and a lot of private secondary schools too.
However, some Nigerian have started to question the wisdom of spending the
government limited resources for the provision of boarding facilities when such
resources could be used to provide more schools. Varied opinions are also held
by different individuals on the academic performance of day and boarding
students. Arising from the above assertions, the statements of problem are:
1. Which
of the two groups boarding and day students has higher academic performance?
2. Is
there any relationship between the female day students and boarders and their
academic performance?
3. What
is the effect of home and school environment on academic performance of
students?
RESEARCH
QUESTION
The following research question is stated for this study as:
1. Is
there any difference between the academic performance in education of both the
day students and the boarding students?
2. Is
there any difference between the academic performance of the females whose
parents are rich and those of poor parents?
3. Does
the environment have a positive or negative effect on the academic performance
of the students?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1. To
find out whether there is any difference between the academic performance of
boarding and day students in educational among students in idea college
Secondary School.
2. To
find out whether there is any difference between the academics performance of
students whose parents are rich and those of poor parents.
3. To
find out whether the environment or atmosphere have any effect on the academic
performance of both the day students and the boarding students.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
The government educational administrators and their action and decisions. This
will serve as a backing in the formulation of educational policies and
organisation for daily school activities. It is the researcher expectation that
this study will be valuable to them.
It is also hoped that parent’s guidance will find this study useful in making
decision concerning their child or wards. They will therefore know if the money
spent in putting their child or wards in boarding houses is justified.
Universities, Colleges of Education and polytechnics students will also benefit
from this study in terms of planning to improve on their academic performance
by studying harder.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study is limited to only the selected secondary school. A case study of
three selected secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City.
The sample cuts across both the boarding and day students in the school.
BASIC ASSUMPTION
It is assumed that students in boarding performs better in education than the
day students.
It is assumed that boarding students are more exposed to organized living and
out of school activities than the day students.
At home, it is assumed that there are no conducive atmosphere or environment
for effective study due to distraction from parents and relatives alike.
DEFINITIONS OF
TERMS
Day students: These are
the students who attend school from home.
Boarding students: These
are the students who stays in a boarding house inside the schools.
Academic performance:
This refers to the percentage scores obtained by a student in any of the class
examinations organized by the school.
Environment: this refers
to the surrounding which man lives and which he reacts to and attaches meaning.
But in the project, it is seen as the place, which the students come in to gain
knowledge and also their various homes.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0429 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 48 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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