Quality Assurance and Standard Performance in Selected Public and Private Secondary Schools in Lagos State
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2011-11-05
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Onyene, V. E.
Olisaemeka, B.U.
Okpala, L. U.
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Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt
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The study examined the differences in quality of secondary education provided in public and private schools. It examined the relationship between infrastructural provision and quality of education. It also determined the differences between the teacher quality and academic performances of the public and private schools. The study design is survey and the sample consists of 60 teachers, thirty from each school type. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The academic performance was based on the core subjects English, mathematics and Biology. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to test relationship while I-test statistics was used to determine in teacher quality and academic performance in both school types. It was concluded that infrastructural provision affects quality of education and that public schools have better teacher quality while private schools have better academic performance. Government and private school should strive to provide adequate infrastructures for quality education. Efforts should be made to increase teacher quality.
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27. Onyene, V. E., Olisaemeka B. U, and Okpala L. U. (2011). Quality Assurance and Standard Performance in selected public secondary and private schools in Lagos state. African Journal of Educational Research and Development (AJERD), 4(26), 254-267.