Assessment Of The Secondary School Students Performance In The New Entrepreneurial Subjects In School Certificate Examinations In Abia State Of Nigeria:- Akanwa, U.N

Abstract

 Nigeria introduced 34 new subjects in her Secondary School curriculum .These new subjects are to provide needed entrepreneurial skills for the young secondary school leavers. West African Examination Council and National Examination Council have examined Nigerian studentsfor 2 years (2014 and 2015 academic years). This study sought to find out the students’ performance in these subjects in the two years in Umuahia Education Zone ofAbia State. The sample is 2056 students who sat for these examinations got by a combination ofpurposive and multistage cluster sampling g techniques. Eleven research questions and four null hypotheses were posed and stated respectively. Data were analyzed using Percentagesfor research questions and Chi Squared Statisticsfor testing the hypothesis. Results show that the students were stereotyped in their choice ofsubjects according to schools. However the performance was good and showed improvement over the years. It is recommended that the Curriculum innovation stays as it will provide skillsfor self-employment for secondary school leavers