A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF MASS FAILURE IN MATHEMATICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MINNA MUNICIPAL, NIGER STATE

Abstract

This research work was conducted to Critically analyze the causes of the mass failure in senior secondary schools in Minna Municipal, Niger State was used as a case study. The aims of this study were to: Determine the attitudes of mathematics teachers towards students learning of mathematics, determine the socio economic background of the students, and to determine the attitude of students towards the nature of learning mathematics in four different secondary Schools. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of (10,240) students in senior Secondary schools (SS 2) Minna Municipal, Niger State out of which a sample size of 200 were drawn from four different school, using simple random sampling techniques. Structured questionnaire were used to obtain relevant data. The instrument was subjected to content validity measurements which involves face validity and predictive validity by the experts in measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was established at 0.72. Answer to questionnaire were analyze using mean and standard deviation. It was recommended among others that, qualified teachers should be employed and already employed teachers should endeavor to go for certification to keep them up to par with development and other means of better learning especially in mathematics.