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INVESTIGATION ON STUDENTS POOR PERFORMANCE IN TYPEWRITING EXAMINATION IN
TERTIARY INSTITUTION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the Study
Asikhia,
(2010) in Contemporary Business Education
emphasized on the differential scholastic achievement of
students in Nigeria has been and is still a source of concern and research
interest to educators, government and parents. This is so because of the great
importance that education has on the national development of the country. All
over the country, there is a consensus of opinion about the fallen standard of
education in Nigeria.Parents and government are in total agreement that their
huge investment on education is not yielding the desired dividend. Teachers
also complain of students’ low performance at both internal and external
examination. The annual releases of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination
results (SSCE) conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) justified
the problematic nature and
generalization of poor secondary school students’ performance in
different school subjects.
Ijaiya,
(2002) in his book opined that managing any institution of learning
involves planning, organising, coordinating, motivating, monitoring,
evaluating, etc. The teaching and learning activities to ensure the attainment
of educational goals and objectives. In other words, teaching and learning are
the central focus of school management. It is however through examination that
pupils' learning is ascertained. This is why teaching is fundamentally
considered incomplete without some form of evaluation. Examinations are
therefore part and parcel of school management functions. Amoor, (2008)
stated that secretarial Education is a vocational
programme that is offered in Secondary schools, Polytechnics, Colleges of
Education and Universities primarily to educate and train students to become
secretarial teachers and administrators with the appropriate skills and
competencies to take up a career in teaching, office occupation and business.
Afe, (2001)
opined that the issue of academic
performance of students in Nigeria has been of much concern to all and sundry. Teachers have shown an
important influence on students’ academic achievement and they also play a
crucial role in educational attainment because the teacher is ultimately
responsible for translating policy into action and principles based on practice
during interaction with the students. Consequent upon the observed
deterioration in the academic achievement, attitude and values of secondary
school students in public secondary schools,
one wonders if the high failure rates of the students is not a
reflection of the instructional quality in the schools.
There are several factors affecting student
academic performance in subject like Business study at the junior secondary school level in school.
These are socio-economic status, motivation, intellectual ability, stress, and
social factors. The relationship between socio-economic status and academic
performance is a saturated research area. Studies have proven that
socio-economic status is highly correlated with academic performance, at all
levels and in all courses. Some research however suggests that socio-economic
status is a determinant of college attendance rather than academic performance.
In a more common sense assessment, self-supporting students are likely to miss
classes due to work and the pressure of putting food on the table and the
payment of tuition fees.
The fact
remains however that classroom attendance is necessary for a better
understanding of their knowledge and its application. In some schools class
attendance is compulsory and has a bearing on the grades of the students. Given
the above-mentioned assumptions, the self-supporting student therefore gets
lower grades than his classmates who belong to the higher socio-economic
status.
In the context of academic
achievement of science and technology students is affected by socio-economic
status, motivation, intellectual ability, stress and social factors. In
addition to the abovementioned factors an interesting area in the research of
science and technology students academic achievement may focus on emotional
quotient and its effect on academic achievement. Another realm of research in
science and technology students academic achievement is to look into emotional
intelligence and its effect on the academic achievement of students in school.
Okpale,
(2001) revealed how students’ academic performances in school subject is of
interest to researchers, educationist and parents alike. Correlates of academic achievement of
individual students in many disciplines have been identified through school
factor and students attitude towards academic performance in various
discipline. Determinants of students' performance have been the subject of
ongoing debate among educators,
academics, and policy makers. In the course of
writing this study, the
researcher intend to investigates Students poor performance in typewriting examination in tertiary
institution
Typewriting
is a skill subject that requires hundred percent performance of a would be
typist. A typewriting student with the ambition of working in an office as a secretary must be knowledgeable
in typewriting, if she would want to work to the satisfaction of her employer
and receive the remunerations accorded efficient typist. The ability to type very well depends on how
serious a student is, right from his/her days in the school. The student must
have great interest in the subject knowing fully well that to earn a living, as
far as secretarial work in the office is concerned, depends on her ability to
perform creditably. Some students gain the knowledge- of typewriting in
secondary schools level before continuing in Tertiary Institutions. This is
because of the new system of education (6-3-3-4) introduced as a result of the
inadequacy of the old system (6-5-2-3). The 6-3-3-4, system means Six years of
Primary Education, Three years of Junior Secondary School, Three years of
Senior Secondary School, and Four years of Post-Secondary Education or Tertiary
Institution.
The new
system of education emphasized typewriting at the Secondary School level more
than before. This is because typewriting at that level among other subjects can
help to diversify, opportunities and roles open to students, minimize the rate
of drop-outs due to narrow programme offerings in the old system; develop
skills and ability to make sound reasoning, equip him to live effectively in
our modern age of science and technology, and reduce the rate of unemployment
at that level of education, since students would be able to work in
offices/industries or run their own business. It is on
this basis that
the researcher intend to
carry out a research study on the causes of high rate of failure of
students in Typewriting Examination Tertiary Institutions with regard to
Secretarial Department of F.C.E. (T) Akoka and LACOED, Ijankin, Lagos.
1.2
Statement of the Problem
it has
been observed that the attitude
of most parents to Typewriting "also influences to a great extent the
impact on their children to offer the course; likewise Typewriting is seen as a
course for the less privileged ones in the society. The problems of study was based on the fast decaying school facilities
and like lack of infrastructures like buildings, chairs, tables, and so on. It has been observed that there is
only display of such materials by various schools by the officials of the
Ministry of Education. The effect of this neglect mismanagement, poor
maintenance and inadequate supply of these instructional materials has created
the following problems:
1) Students tend to learn slowly
in class.
2) What is learnt is not easily
recalled.
3) Poor academic performance of
students in internal and external examinations.
Inability of
student to practicalize what is learnt especially things having to do with
technical or vocational skillsOthers found out that the attitude of some
teachers to their job is reflected in their poor attendance to lessons,
lateness to school, unsavory comments about student’s performance that could
damage their ego, poor method of teaching and the likes affect students’
academic performance. The question therefore is what is the cause of this
fallen standard and poor academic performance of students? Is the fault entirely
that of teachers or students or both of them? Is it that students of today are
non-achievers because they have low intelligent quotient and a good neutral
mechanism to be able to act purposefully, think rationally and deal effectively
with academic tasks? Or is it because teachers are no longer putting in much
commitment as before? Or is it in teachers’ method of teaching and interaction
with pupils? Or is the poor performance of students caused by parents’ neglect,
separation and poverty? The present study therefore sought to find out students
and teachers’ perception of the causes of poor academic performance among
secondary school students in Nigeria
Aremu (2003) stated that poor academic
performance is adjudged by the examinee/testee and some other significant as
falling below an expected standard. Poor academic performance has been observed
in school subjects especially mathematics and English language among secondary
school students. Aremu (2000) stresses that academic failure is not only frustrating
to the students and the parents, its effects are equally grave on the society
in terms of dearth of manpower in all spheres of the economy and politics. The
problem of the study therefore, is to identify Students poor performance in typewriting examination in
tertiary institution, with
reference to Federal College Of Education Technical, Akoka-Yaba Lagos State.
1.3 Purpose of the Study
The purpose
of this study is to identify Students poor performance in typewriting examination in tertiary institution, with reference to
Federal College Of Education Technical, Akoka-Yaba Lagos State).
Specifically
the study aims at finding out:
1 To determine whether admission of Students without the required
qualification affect students performance in Type- writing.
2 To
determine whether students' Attitudes' contribute to their poor
performance in Type-Writing.
3 To
know if inadequate Learning Facilities contribute
to students poor Performance
in Type-Writing?
4 To
know if Lecturers
teaching styles influence
student's performance in
Type-Writing.
5 To
determine if over-confidence in students with
pre-knowledge of Type- writing affect their performance in Type- writing.
6 To
know whether lack of talent
contribute to Students' Performance in Type- writing.
1.4Research
Questions
The major research
question were derived from students poor performance in typewriting examination in tertiary
institution.
Other
research questions includes:
1 Does Admission of Students without the
required qualification affect students performance in Type- writing?
2 Does Students' Attitudes' contribute
to their poor performance in Type-Writing?
3 Does Inadequate Learning Facilities
contribute to their Poor Performance in Type-Writing?
4 Does Lecturers Imparting of Adequate
Knowledge of the subject affect student's performance?
5 Does Over-confidence in students with
pre-knowledge of Type- writing affect their performance in Type- writing?
6 Does lack of talent contribute to
Students' Performance in Type- writing?
1.5Research
Hypotheses
The null
hypotheses based on the purpose of the study will be postulated and tested during the investigation:
Ho1:
Admission of Students without the required qualification will
not affect students performance
in Type- writing.
Ho2:
Students' Attitudes' do not
contribute to their poor performance in Type-Writing.
Ho3:
Inadequate Learning Facilities will
not contribute to their Poor
Performance in Type-Writing.
Ho4:Over-confidence
in students with pre-knowledge of Type-
writing does not
affect their performance in Type- writing.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This will
reveal the major causes of failure in Type-Writing with a view to suggesting
ways of improvement which the researcher hope will be useful to the students,
lecturers, the department, college and the nation as a whole.
This study
will be of benefit to the parents teachers association in public schools,
teachers and private school teachers, school administrators,
ministries of education and other affiliated government agencies.
The study is
also expected to be of benefit to the government as well as school board. It
will be beneficial most importantly to the secretariats studies.
The study
will help various school administrators to understand the benefit of encouraging
students’ attitudes towards their academic performance. It will enable school
administrators to know the best methods to adopt in order to maintain positive
attitudes of students that would increase the students academic performance and
school effectiveness. It will also enhance school administrators to understand
their position on their job towards students’ academic performances.
The ministry
of education will also be of benefit from
this study through proper planning and implementation school facilities
that will encourage students’ attitudes towards their academic performance. The
ministries will help encourage students
attitudes and good interrelationship between school administrators and
their students.
This study
will be of great benefits to the parents as this will enable
parents to know how to teach their children to cultivate good attitudes
in their studies.
The
government agencies will also be of great benefit to this study through
provision of school facilities, conducive academic environment and improve
standard of education. The need to strengthen efficient supervisory control on
students’ attitudes.
Other
beneficiaries include scholars of
students attitudes and academic performances who will gain more
knowledge about other area of interest which requires further investigation.
Lastly, it
will be useful to future researcher in the related line of study.
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