Relationship Between School Type And Students’ Academic Performance In Secondary Schools In Education District Vi, Lagos State

Abstract

The Study Investigated The Relationship Between School Type And Students’ Academic Performance In Secondary Schools In Education District Vi, Lagos State. The Focus Of The Study Was Those Issues Surrounding School Types Approved By The Government In The State. These Also Include Public School Type, Day School Type And Schools With Poor Laboratories. The Study Adopted Survey Design And The Use Of Quantitative Technique In Analyzing Views Of Respondents. The Targeted Population Consisted Of All The Secondary Schools In Education District Vi, Lagos State. Three Hypotheses Were Formulated For The Study. 250 Respondents Were Selected Using The Stratified Random Sampling Technique From Ten Schools Cross Sectionally Selected To Make Up The Sample Of The Study. The Instrument For Data Collection Was A Structured Questionnaire Validated By Three Experts With A Reliability Coefficient Of 0.70. The Data Collected Were Analyzed Using The Pearson Product Moment Correlation(R) Statistics. The Results Obtained Showed That There Is A Significant Relationship Between School Type And Students’ Academic Performance. G. Consequently, It Was Recommended Among Others That The Government Should Improve School Quality Through Management Practices Like Supervision And Construction Of Better Structures And Upgrading Their Equipment With Sufficient Learning Materials And The Ministry Of Education Should Rebrand Public Schools By Putting Plans In Place To Educate Teachers On The Use Of Modern Instructional Materials.