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7.2.8.2.1 Performance by school Location
Table 22 indicates the result of analysis of performance by the entire sampled population on literacy, numeracy and life skills test by location of schools (Urban/Rural).
Table 22: Performance b y School Location
Analysis of Performances by Entire Sample Population on Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills test School Location (1996) |
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Urban |
Rural |
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Results of Analysis |
Nber of Cases % |
Mean Score% |
S.D |
MAXIMUM (%) |
MINIMUM (%) |
BLC |
Nber of Cases % |
Mean Score% |
S.D |
Maximum (%) |
Minimum (%) |
BLC |
| Literacy (Total) | 8,839 |
28.9 |
20.4 |
100 |
0 |
13,475 |
22.6 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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| *1 ReadCompreh. | 8,839 |
44.3 |
nil | 0 |
0 |
13,475 |
35.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| *2 Writing Skill | 8,839 |
34.5 |
nil | 0 |
0 |
13,475 |
28.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| *3 lexis & Struct. | 8,839 |
22 |
nil | 0 |
0 |
13,475 |
15.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| *4 | 0 |
0 |
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| Numeracy (Total) | 8,891 |
35 |
17.8 |
100 |
0 |
13,531 |
32.3 |
16.4 |
0 |
0 |
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| *1 Nums & Numer. | 8,891 |
39.9 |
20.9 |
0 |
0 |
13,531 |
33.8 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
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| *2 Measurement | 8,891 |
31.2 |
19.6 |
0 |
0 |
13,531 |
27.8 |
18.5 |
0 |
0 |
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| *3 Geometry/Shape | 8,891 |
30.5 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
13,531 |
26.3 |
24.2 |
0 |
0 |
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| *4 Everyday Stat. | 8,891 |
43.3 |
39.2 |
0 |
0 |
13,531 |
39.1 |
38.1 |
0 |
0 |
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| Life Skills (Total) | 8,789 |
35 |
17.3 |
100 |
0 |
13,417 |
31 |
15.6 |
0 |
0 |
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| *1 Health& Hygiene | 8,789 |
34.7 |
21.6 |
nil | nil | 13,417 |
29.8 |
10.4 |
0 |
0 |
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| *2 Survial Skill | 8,789 |
33.65 |
20.2 |
nil | nil | 13,417 |
30.6 |
19.4 |
0 |
0 |
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| *3 Social Studies | 8,789 |
37.7 |
24.6 |
nil | nil | 13,417 |
32.9 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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| *4 Science | 8,789 |
0.8 |
18.7 |
nil | nil | 13,417 |
31.4 |
17.7 |
0 |
0 |
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| *5 | nil | nil | ||||||||||
SOURCE: MLA, FME, Abuja - Nigeria.
Analysis of performance in the learning achievement tests by location of schools (Rural/Urban) indicate pupils in Urban schools performed better than pupils in the Rural schools. The mean percent sores in the urban school on the literacy, numeracy and life skills test were 28.9 (SD 20.4), 35.0 (SD17.8) and 35.0 (SD 17.3) respectively as against the mean percent scores of the rural school which were 22.6 (SD 16), 32.3 (SD 16.4) and 31.0 (SD 15.6) for literacy, numeracy and life skills respectively.
When performances were analysed on the basis of content areas pupils in the urban schools performed better in all the sub-tests than the pupils in the rural schools. However the trend of performance by pupils on the content areas in both urban and rural schools were similar in all the three tests (literacy, numeracy and life skills). On the literacy test performance decreased in the order: reading and comprehension (44.3 percent), writing (34.5 percent), lexis and structure (22.0 percent) in the urban schools. The trend of performance followed the same order in the rural schools: Reading and comprehension (35.5 percent), writing (28.6 percent) and lexis and structure (15.6 percent).
7.2.8.3 Performance by Gender
Table 23 indicates the results of analysis of performance by the entire sample population on the literacy, numeracy and life skills tests by gender.
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