COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

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Purpose: This study compared the effects of the Covid19 lockdown on student performance in public and private secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. This study used the descriptive research type.

Methodology: The population for this study included all students in public and private secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Two hundred and forty (240) students were selected using a simple random sampling technique to select six, consisting of three public and three private schools, and 40 students were drawn from each of the selected schools to form a total of 240, the sample size for this study. A researcher designed a structured questionnaire with four answers and a confidence coefficient of 0.76 for data collection on the impact of Covid19 containment, added to a researcher-designed pro forma used to determine the academic performance of history students before and after the Covid19 pandemic (containment). The data collected were analyzed using descriptive mean and percentage statistics to answer the research questions, while independent t-tests and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) inferential statistics were used to test the postulated hypotheses at an alpha level of 0.05 to test.

Findings: The results showed that the academic performance of history students in public schools was more impacted by the Covid19 lockdown than their peers in private schools.

Practical Implications: teachers, particularly in public schools should incorporate virtual learning strategies to stimulate students' interest in studying history. This could help students engage more in academic activities and improve their history performance during the post-Covid19 era as well as during future pandemics.

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic, Academic Performance, public Schools,  Private Schools