EFFECTS OF TRUANCY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
ABSTRACT
The essence of this study was to
determine and explain the effect of Nursery Education on Primary Education and
to find out the difference between the performance of primary. Pupils with
Nursery Education and those without Nursery Education in Ekiti South West Local
Government .
The instrument used comprised of 300 pupils draw from ten primary schools in
Ekiti State. The criteria used for the choice of the schools included private
schools with nursery classed.
The period of the test administration
lasted two weeks to guide the study four questions were raised while six
research hypotheses were formulated.
The date collected was analysed using
both description and inferential statistics where appropriate. The descriptive
statics include means, standard deviation and mean scores obtained by the
pupils academic performance test. The inferential statistics used was a ‘t’
test. The result indicated that Primary school pupils with Nursery Education
demonstrated a higher performance rate in Mathematics, English language,
Reading and writing than primary school pupils without Nursery Education.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Title page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of Content
CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Significance of the Study
Statement of the Problem
Research Hypotheses
Delimitation of the Study
Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO : LITERATURE REVIEW
Importance of Nursery Education
To achieve the importance of nursery
education
Problem of nursery education in Nigeria
Importance of primary education
In pursuance of the importance of primary
education
Problems of primary education in Nigeria
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
METHOD
Research Design
Population
Sampling Technique
Research
Instrument
Validity
Reliability of the
Instrument
Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
Result
Discussion
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
Suggestion for further
study
References
Questionnaire
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
The
concept “Education had been identified and described as polymorphous in nature
mother words it is a term that has attracted a myriads (many or numerous)
definitions. Experience has shown that there are as many definitions of
Education as there are educational “philosophers and scholars. The concept
“education” itself has been said to have been derived from two Latin words:
Educare and Educare, while Educare has been interpreted to mean to draw out or
lead out. Educare on the other hand is understood to imply to nourish or to
bring up or to raise.
It
has been suggested that the best way of defining education is to relate it to
the culture. Consequently, the sociologists define education as the process of
cultural transmission and renewal in all human societies.
The
Encyclopedia Britannica defines education as the transmission of the values and
accumulated knowledge of a society. This definition is not essentially
different from the one given by Nduka (1982) who defines education as the
process of cultural transmission of the people from one generation to other.
Smith cited by Osokoya (1987) is the culture which generally and purposively given to those who are to be its
successors in order to qualify them for at least keeping and it possible for
raising the level of improvement which has been attained.
J.S.
Mills (2002) sees education as whatsoever we do for ourselves and whatever is
done for us by others for the express purpose of bringing us near to the
perfection of our nature, while Babs Fafunwa (2004) described education as a
process for transmitting culture in terms of continuity and growth and for
disseminating knowledge either to ensure social control or to guarantee
rational to society or both. Horton cited by Akinpelu (1984) defines education as
an enabling agency of which the African could restore their self-confidence and
make those who doubted the humanity of Africans to begin to revise their news
and to respect Africans generally.
From
the foregoing education can be perceived as a process through which an
individual becomes integrated into his society and becomes a promoter of his
society culture contributor to the development of his society.
.Nursery
is a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their
parents are at work, shopping, etc while Nursery education is a type of
education for young children of between from three to five years old. It is also known as kindergarten to prepare the
children ahead of their primary education.
Background
to the Study
Nursery
Education or pre-primary education in Nigeria in the submission of UNESCO
(1998) relatively new and remains only at semi-official level in the education
system. It is not yet a part but has been left to private enterprise and
initiative. It is quite expensive and better organized pre-primary schools are
the exclusive preserve of the rich and the elite in society. Structurally, the educational pyramid in
Nigeria is an awkward structurally with a very conical apex all these standing
on small page of pre-primary or nursery education.
Nursery
schools and day care centres have existed side by side with primary schools for
many decades in Nigeria. Their existence has been acknowledged by succession
government but they have never been included in the budget of any government in
the federation. Government see their role at this level of education as mainly
regulatory rather than financially supportive in terms of inputs.
Education
of children from the ages of 3-5 years is left in the hands of private organization
and sometimes the communities.
Nevertheless,
the variation is the degree of performance pupils in primary one who once
graduated from nursery education becomes paramount to this study undoubtedly
the amount parents spend on a child in nursery school is enormous the
justification of the huge amount spent is the possible difference in
performance identification in all its ramifications from the performance of
pupils who just entered the school for the first time when his or her age was
five or six years.
Significance
of the study
This
study is purposefully to determine the effects of Nursery education on the
academic performance of pupils in primary schools in Ekiti South West Local
Government Area of Ekiti State. And review academic performance of pupils with
Nursery Education and those without nursery, Education. The study is also
significant because it will be a guide to further research for the educators
Statement
of the Problem
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Research
Hypothesis
In
order to accomplish the objectives of this study the following hypothesis were
formulated
1.
There is no significant difference
between the performance of studies in mathematics of primary one pupils and
those without nursery education
2.
There is no significant difference
between the performance in English language of primary one pupils who did
nursery Education and those who did not attend nursery Education
3.
There is no significant difference
between the performance in reading ability or primary one pupils who have
nursery education and those without nursery education
4.
There is no significant difference
between the performance in writing skill of primary one pupils who have nursery
education an those without nursery education
5.
There is no significant difference
between the performance in mathematics of primary six pupils who have nursery
education and those without nursery education
6.
There is no significant difference
between the performance in English language of primary six pupils who have
nursery education and those without nursery education.
Delimitation
of the study
This
study will not consider the sex of pupils as a means to judge performance
differential among pupil in primary schools who were exposed to nursery
education and those not exposed.
The
performance of the pupil beyond primary school will not be considered in the
study. Qualifications of the teachers will not be used as the bases to judge
the performance of the pupils
The
study was equally delimited to selected public primary and private nursery
schools in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Only pupil in
school will be the subject of the study to be tested as the topics discussed
will be limited to reading, writing mathematics and English language.
Definition
Of Terms
To avoid ambiguity, the following terms
were operationally different as used in the study.
Agency: a business that provides
information about other businesses and their products or that provides a
particular service
Cultural: This is the ideas, beliefs and
customs that are shared and accepted by people in a society
Disseminating: To spread information,ideas,
etc
Enormous: Extremely large in size or in
amount
Paramount; more important than anything
else
Ramifications: An addition result of
something you do which may not have been clear when you first decided to do
Private schools: This refers to schools
that are owned and managed by an individual in the community.
Public Schools: This refers to schools
that are owned and managed by the government.
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