Rejuvenating Admission Process for Functional Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria
Abubarkar Yahaya Ibrahim Ph.D
Abstract
The inability of the schools in Nigeria to cope with the demand for senior secondary school education has put much pressure unto admissions into the unity schools. In order to satisfy some interests the Government of Nigeria adopted such admission policies as the quota system, catchment areas, backwardness factor, and discriminatory fees. Following the observed fall in the standards of senior secondary school education in Nigeria, it is speculated that the admission policies are responsible for the situation. To confirm this, an opinion survey involving 384 respondents sampled from eight (8) Secondary schools in the North-Central zone of Nigeria was conducted. An instrument known as ‘Admission Policies and Effect on senior secondary school education Quality (APEUEQ)’ was used for gathering data after validation. The correlation coefficient reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.96. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the research questions. The result shows that all the parameters of interest have contributed to the reduction of the quality of senior secondary school education in Nigeria. The paper recommended a complete review of the admission policies and the establishment of more secondary schools to meet the increasing demand for senior secondary education.
Keywords: Admission, Education, Secondary School, Rejuvenating