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PERFORMANCES OF STUDENTS’ IN NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

BY

PROF. U. N. AGWAGAH ucheagwah@yahoo.com +2348035476704

&

UTIBE, U. J. utibeuduak@yahoo.com +2348062855761
SCIENCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
ENUGU STATE

Dr. P. J. Uko patikkaka@yahoo.com +2348058509421
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
AKWA IBOM STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

PERFORMANCES OF STUDENTS’ IN NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA
Abstract
This study investigated the performances of students’ in National Examinations Council senior school certificate examination mathematics in NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA. A total of two million valid results were collated for the zone and analyzed for states in the zone. Already validated results of NECO for 2000 to 2009 were used for the study. The study identified the distributions of results into the total number of valid results released for each state; number of students passed and failed percentage performances and ranking of the states according to their performances. Three research questions guided the conduct of the study. Results showed that Kogi state had the highest number of valid results released while FCT had the least. Kwara state had the highest percentage performance and ranked the 1st position while FCT had the lowest percentage performance (below 28%) and ranked the least position (7th) Based on this result, the study recommended among other things that more, qualified mathematics teachers should be employed as a matter of urgency in FCT, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa states to increase the workforce aimed at improving the teaching/learning of mathematics in these states with a corresponding improved students performance in public examinations; Mathematics teachers in Kwara, Benue and Kogi states need to be commended and encouraged to put in more effort to sustain and improve on the present performance level.

INTRODUCTION The study of mathematics is as old as the human race as man depends on it to keep records of birth, death, time of event and every other numerical record. It is a veritable tool for science, technology, and engineering advancement of any nation. It is in realization of this fact that the Federal Government of Nigeria stated in the National Policy on education (FME, 2004) that every student shall take all the six core subjects:
- English language
- Mathematics
- A major Nigeria language
- One of Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Health Science
- One of Literature. in English, History, Geography, or Religious studies
- A vocational subject. (FME, 2004) To achieve, this, the systems need constant monitoring from time to time. The monitoring may be in the form of presenting the yearly performances of students in the subjects, especially mathematics in each of the examinations (NECO, WAEC, NABTEC etc) in the mass media so that the government, parents, and other stakeholders in educational matter may know what is actually happening. In this era of Information and Communication Technology, the results at the end of every examination should be summarized and published for public criticism (Obomanu and Adaramola, 2011) The publication of this essential data would be useful to the following bodies:
- the federal ministry of education
- state ministries of education
- mathematical association of Nigeria (MAN)
- parents
- students
- school administrators
- private and public agencies in education
- International bodies that have some interest in education among others.
Published data on the aforementioned area will help to show the progress made in mathematics performances in secondary schools. The information so obtained can help to effectively communicate to the entire Nigeria citizenry and thus effective mathematics education planning (Adeyemi 2009 and Asikhia, 2010). However, what is obtained in the examination bodies is far below the expectation in this era of ICT and information gathered is treated as classified. The scanty percentage details given do not portray the true situation (NECO, 2011). Nothing is said about the number of students that registered for the examination subject by subject, the number that actually wrote the examination subject by subject, results cancelled, withheld and released, the number of students that passed (grade by grade) and the number of students that failed the examination (Subject by Subject). In this study pains has been taken to extract the valid results in NECO – SSCE from 2000 to 2009 in the North-Central Nigeria: States (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau) & FCT to give the needed information on the number/percentage of valid results released, number/percentage that passed and failed the examination in each of the states for each year from 2000 to 2009 and presented a state by state summary and zonal summary for public perusal.
- This research was carried out to present the summary of how far mathematics education have been progressing in the zones in the past decade, and also to show
- whether the effort put in mathematics have actually generated a corresponding output.
- if the mathematics teachers are actually teaching the students or cheating the students.
- if the amount spent in mathematics education is actually producing the needed results.
- what the position of each of the states in the zone is, in terms of mathematics education and performances.
- And give an insight on what need to be done in mathematics education in each of the states etc.
This study would also dichotomize the pass in mathematics as follows:
(i) Credit grade and above as pass
(ii) Pass at P7 grade and below as fail
(iii) The reason for (ii) above is that for one to gain admission into the university to read any course in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), one needs a credit grade of pass and above (UNN, 2011) and for one to be recruited into the police, civil defense, or any other paramilitary body or the arm forces, candidates need a credit pass and above in mathematics (Nigerian Police Force, 2011) and even to teach Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses at any level in Nigeria one needs at least a credit pass in mathematics (NUC,2011).
(iv) To be admitted for a higher study in STEM courses in any Nigerian university, the candidates needs a minimum of credit pass in mathematics. These positions make any grade of pass below credit as invalid and as such can be considered as weak pass or failure since one can not use it for any progress study in STEM.
Research Questions
1. What is the distribution of students’ performances in mathematics for each year (2000 to 2009) in the North-Central Nigeria States: Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Plateau, Nasarawa and FCT?
2. What is the Percentage performance of students in mathematics for each of the states in the North-Central Nigeria?
3. What is the ranking of students’ performances in mathematics for each of the states in the North-Central Nigeria?
Method
The study was a descriptive survey. The results of the entire students in the North-Central Nigeria were compiled using NECO computer prints out summary for each of the state and for the years 2000-2009. The extracted results were tabulated into the number of students with valid results, number that passed and number that failed the examination for each of the years under investigation.
Data Analysis The data obtained were analyzed using the frequencies and percentages.
Results and Discussion
Research Question One What is the distribution of students’ performances in mathematics for each year (2000 to 2009) in the North-Central Nigeria States: Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Plateau, Nasarawa and FCT? In this analysis the summary of students’ valid results in NECO-SSCE Mathematics for 2000-2009 in the zones were extracted, and tabulated as shown in Tables 1 A and B below.
Table 1A shows that for the period 2000 - 2004 a total of 801685 valid results were released out of which 305440 representing 38.10 percent passed the NECO-SSCE in the zone. Detailed analysis of the results shows that Benue state had the highest number of valid result released (168241/20.99%) while FCT had the least number of valid results released (33150/4.14%). Out of the total failure results of496245: Benue state contributed109767, Kogi state- 84292, Kwara state –71982, Niger state -62777, Plateau state-79965, Nasarawa state 62142 and FCT-25320 as the least. Table 1B shows that for the period 2005 - 2009 a total of 1047752 valid results were released out of which 463841 representing 44.27 percent passed the NECO-SSCE in the zone. Of the results shows that Kogi state had the highest number of valid result released (388775/37.11%) while FCT had the least number of valid results released (69522/6.64%). Out of the total failure results of583911: Benue state contributed 103743, Kogi state-307157, Niger state – 82397, Plateau state -104785, Kwara state 72802, Nasarawa state 78351 and FCT 54576 as the least.

Table 1A Summary of Students’ Performance in Mathematics in NECO-SSCE from 2000-2004 in the North-Central Nigeria: States (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau) & FCT
S/No ZONES YEARS TOTAL 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 R P F R P F R P F R P F R P F R P F
1 Benue 28911 4485 24426 32343 14584 17759 38695 11812 26883 34121 14692 19429 34171 12901 21270 168241 58747 109767
2 Kogi 15781 4148 11633 31596 14990 16606 35329 21622 13707 29858 13995 15863 34084 7601 26486 146648 62356 84292
3 Kwara 30998 16125 14873 27150 15103 12037 38308 25486 12822 32661 21745 10916 25699 4375 21324 154816 82834 71982
4 Niger 13300 4297 9003 15533 4212 11321 20858 9146 11712 21274 6649 14625 20384 4268 16116 91349 28576 62777
5 Plateau 14003 5040 8963 22781 8634 14084 26376 12440 13936 23870 5139 18731 28080 3892 24188 115110 35145 79965
6 FCT 5918 1383 4535 6663 1109 5554 7117 2509 4608 6722 1089 5633 6730 1740 4990 33150 7840 25320
7 Nasarawa 12762 3786 8976 14794 5703 9091 17970 7706 10264 17551 5181 12376 29294 7853 21441 92371 30229 62142
Total 121673 39264 82409 150860 64335 86525 184653 90721 93932 166057 68490 97567 178442 42630 135813 801685 305440 496245
Source: NECO National Hqts Mina, Niger State.
Key: R – Total number of students with valid results for the examination P – Total number of students with credit grades and above F – Total number of students that fail the examination

Table 1B Summary of Students’ Performance in Mathematics in NECO-SSCE from 2005-2009 in the North-Central Nigeria: States (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau) & FCT
S/No ZONES YEARS TOTAL 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 R P F R P F R P F R P F R P F R P F
1 Benue 35609 22629 12980 41564 20426 21138 41766 23298 18477 47425 36476 10958 53511 13303 40208 219875 116132 103743
2 Kogi 32103 6869 25234 31695 15741 15954 32596 21059 11537 36984 27904 9080 35522 10045 25477 388775 81618 307157
3 Kwara 22808 4072 18731 27880 12504 15376 32858 19900 12958 26836 18891 9745 23996 6209 17787 134378 61576 72802
4 Niger 21861 6624 15237 27074 8061 19013 28657 15289 13368 29393 18335 11058 28828 5107 23721 135813 53416 82397
5 Plateau 23453 8015 15438 28183 10159 18024 33057 16159 16898 39213 19310 19903 40110 5588 34522 164016 59231 104785
6 FCT 34799 2094 32905 7467 3077 4390 7951 3577 4374 8858 4599 4259 10447 1599 8848 69522 14946 54576
7 Nasarawa 18859 4716 14143 26154 16413 9741 31265 19413 11852 39101 28492 10609 39861 7855 32006 155240 76889 78351
Total 189492 55082 134410 190017 86351 103666 208150 118695 89455 227818 154007 73811 232275 49706 182569 1047752 463841 583911
Source: NECO National Hqts Mina, Niger State.
Key: R – Total number of students with valid results for the examination
P – Total number of students with credit grades and above F – Total number of students that fail the examination
Research Question Two
What is the percentage performance of students in mathematics for each of the states in the North-Central Nigeria? In this analysis, the summary of students’ valid percentage performance results in NECO-SSCE Mathematics for 2000-2009 in the zone were extracted, and tabulated as shown in Table 2.
Table 2 shows that Kwara state had the highest percentage performance for the ten years under study with a percentage value of 47.72, followed by Benue state- 44.21, Kogi state - 40.07, Nasarawa state-40.99, Niger state-34.90, Plateau state- 33.87 and finally FCT-27.68. From the table, it can be seen that the Federal Capital Territory for the past ten years had an endemic problem in mathematics, performing below 28% average.

Table 2 Summary of Students’ Performance in Mathematics in NECO-SSCE from 2000-2009 in the North-Central Nigeria: States (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau) & FCT Based on States’ Percentage Performance
S/No STATES YEARLY PERCENTAGE PERFORMANCE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Mean
Percentage Position
1 Benue 15.51 45.01 30.53 43.06 37.75 63.55 49.14 55.78 76.91 24.86 44.21 2nd
2 Kogi 26.28 47.44 61.20 46.87 22.30 21.40 49.66 61.85 75.45 28.28 44.07 3rd
3 Kwara 52.02 55.63 66.53 66.58 16.95 17.85 44.85 60.56 70.39 25.88 47.72 1st
4 Niger 32.31 27.12 43.85 31.25 20.94 30.30 29.77 53.35 62.38 17.72 34.90 5th
5 Plateau 35.99 37.90 47.16 21.53 13.86 34.17 36.05 48.85 49.24 13.93 33.87 6th
6 FCT 23.37 16.64 35.25 16.20 25.85 6.02 41.21 45.00 51.92 15.31 27.68 7th
7 Nasarawa 29.67 38.55 42.88 29.52 26.81 25.01 62.76 62.09 72.87 19.71 40.99 4th
Mean Percentage 32.27 42.65 49.13 41.24 23.89 29.07 45.44 57.02 67.60 21.40
Position 7th 5th 3rd 6th 9th 8th 4th 2nd 1st 10th Source: NECO National Hqts Mina, Niger State.

Research Question Three

It shows the ranking of students’ performances in mathematics for each of the states in the North-Central Nigeria. In this analysis, the summary of students’ valid ranked results in NECO-SSCE Mathematics for 2000-2009 in the zone were extracted, and tabulated as shown in Table 3.
(i) Benue state takes the least position (7th) in 2000 and 2002. The best the state could achieve was 1st positions in 2004, 2005 and 2008; and had a mean ranking of 3.3 for the ten years under study.
(ii) Kogi state takes the leading position (1st) in 2009. The worst from that state was 5th position in 2000 and 2005. It had a mean ranking of 2.5 for the ten years under study.
(iii) Kwara state takes the 6th position in 2004 and 2005. The best performance was 1st position in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 and had a mean ranking of 2.9 for the ten years under study.
(iv) Niger state had her best performance of 3rd positions in 2000 and 2005 and performs poorly with 7th positions in 2001 and 2006 with a mean ranking of 4.8 for the ten years under study.
(v) Plateau state performs best with 2nd positions in 2000 and 2005; her worst outings were in 2004, 2008 and 2009 with the 7th position and a mean ranking of 5.1 for the ten years under study.
(vi) FCT worst position was 7th position in 2003, 2005 and 2007 and the best performance was 3rd position in 2000 with a mean ranking of 5.9 for the ten years under study.
(vii) Nasarawa state had her best performance of 1st positions in 2006 and 2007 and performs poorly with 5th positions in 2002 and 2003 with a mean ranking of 3.3 for the ten years under study

Table 3 Summary of Students’ Performance in Mathematics in NECO-SSCE from 2000-2009 in the North-Central Nigeria: States (Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau) & FCT Based on States’ Ranks
S/No STATES YEARLY RANKING 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Mean ranking Position
1 Benue 7 3 7 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 3.3 3rd
2 Kogi 5 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 1 2.5 1st
3 Kwara 1 1 1 1 6 6 4 3 4 2 2.9 2nd
4 Niger 3 7 4 4 5 3 7 5 5 5 4.8 5th
5 Plateau 2 5 3 6 7 2 6 6 7 7 5.1 6th
6 FCT 6 6 6 7 3 7 5 7 6 6 5.9 7th
7 Nasarawa 4 4 5 5 2 4 1 1 3 4 3.3 4th Source: NECO National Hqts Mina, Niger State.

The result of the analysis reveals the overall zonal state ranking with Kwara state taking the 1st position and FCT taking the last position. The best outing for the zone was in 2008 with 67.60%, representing the 1st position and worst was in 2009 with 21.40% representing the 10th position.
Conclusion and Educational Implications The findings of this study showed that;
(i) A little below two million valid results were released and the performance was below 40%. The highest number of valid results was recorded in Kogi state and the least in FCT.
(ii) Kogi state had the highest percentage performance while FCT had the least.
(iii) The ranking of the states from best to the least was as follows 1st - Kogi state 2nd - Kwara state 3rd - Benue states 4th - Nasarawa state 5th - Niger State 6th - Plateau state 7th - FCT

The study clearly points to the fact that states in the zone are not performing equally in mathematics; there are states with significantly better performances and those with consistently poor performances. There is urgent need to arrest the poor performances in these states and to keep up and or improve on the standard of the states with better performance levels as this is not even the best that can be obtained. The attention may be in the form of employing more mathematics teachers, improve training for the existing mathematics teachers and improvement in the teaching/learning materials in these states. The government, through the federal and state ministries of education should carry out studies with a view to uncovering the causes for the poor performances in mathematics. The level of performance in the zone is a thing to worry about if the need to sustain the level of science and technology development is to be improved upon.
Recommendations
Based on the findings and implications of this study, the following recommendations are made;
(i) More, qualified mathematics teachers should be employed as a matter of urgency in the FCT, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa states to increase the workforce aimed at improving the teaching/learning of mathematics in these states with a corresponding improved students performance in public examinations.
(ii) Other factors that may affect students’ performance in mathematics such as teaching methods, class size, materials and mathematics laboratory need to be provided in the schools.
(iii) Mathematics teachers in Kogi, Kwara and Benue states need to be commended and encouraged to put in more effort to sustain and improve on the present performance level.
(iv) Efforts need to be intensified by all stakeholders (students, parents, examination bodies, Federal and States ministries of educations, MAN and other agencies) in the business of mathematics education in the south-south zone of Nigeria to find a lasting solution to the problem of teaching and consequent performances in mathematics in public examinations in the zone.

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Asikhia O. A. (2010) Students and Teachers’ Perception of the Causes of Poor Academic Performance in Ogun State Secondary Schools [Nigeria]: Implications for Couselling for National Development. European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 13, Number 2

FME (2004) National Policy on Education, Federal Republic of Nigeria. NERDC press.

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview.html June 10, 2011.

NUC (2011) National Universities Commission. Guidelines on the Recruitment of Staff into Universities in Nigeria.

NECO (2011) National Examinations Council, Summary of computer results sheet from 2000 to 2009 for states in South-South Nigeria.

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Obomanu, B. J. and Adaramola, M. O. (2011) Factors Related to Under Achievement in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (STME) in Secondary Schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. www.sciedu.ca/wje World Journal of Education Vol . 1, No.1

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