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What are those things that determine Students’

Performance?

It is generally believed that Cost, Location, etc. are synonymous with Quality and Quantity.

For instance; it is evident that Public schools are cheaper to attend compared to their Private counterparts, but are there corroborative evidence when it comes to the performance of the Pupils in National Examinations?

Does the cost of School Fees, Location, School Age, School system and Type, etc. play any significant role in determining how well Pupils perform in WAEC / NECO? Also, are there any statistical evidence showing the effect of Location on Pupils performances?

Source of DataThe data used for this analysis was downloaded from www.schoolsinnigeria.com.

As at the time of this analysis; there were 460 Schools listed with the following information:

Location of School & Area, Name of School, School Fees, Year Founded, Curriculum, School System – Boarding / Day School type – Mixed / Unisex Population of Student / Teachers, WAEC results for most recent 3 years, Total Enrollment for WAEC, Total Pass & Percentage, Result of Best Student for each year

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Data in SummaryState Total

Lagos 114Delta 14Ogun 9Oyo 8Edo 8Kwara 7Plateau 6Abia 6Kano 5Yobe 4Rivers 4Enugu 4Ekiti 3Abuja 3Akwa-Ibom 3Sokoto 3Adamawa 3Bauchi 3Kaduna 3Borno 3Osun 2Cross-River 2Anambra 2Benue 2Nassarawa 2Ondo 2Gombe 2Zamfara 2Bayelsa 1Katsina 1Niger 1Imo 1Jigawa 1Grand Total 234

Curriculum TotalNigerian 186Nigerian & American 10Nigerian & British 22Nigerian, British & American 16Grand Total 234

3 System TotalBoarding Only 30Day & Boarding 101Day Only 103Grand Total 234

Type TotalBoys Only 11Girls Only 12Mixed 211Grand Total 234

Year Founded TotalUnknown 61855-1864 11925-1934 11935-1944 11945-1954 21955-1964 111965-1974 71975-1984 91985-1994 651995-2004 1302005-2014 1Grand Total 234

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No. of Students Total0-99 7100-199 34200-299 46300-399 32400-499 32500-599 26600-699 10700-799 14800-899 7900-999 61000-1099 41100-1199 11200-1299 41300-1399 31600-1699 11700-1799 21800-1899 22100-2199 12400-2499 13800-3900 1Grand Total 234

School Fees (Boarding) Total0-49999 13150000-99999 16100000-149999 14150000-199999 16200000-249999 8250000-299999 7300000-349999 7350000-399999 5400000-449999 4450000-499999 2500000-549999 2550000-599999 3600000-649999 2650000-699999 2700000-749999 3750000-799999 3800000-849999 1900000-949999 1950000-999999 21000000-1049999 11150000-1199999 11450000-1499999 11650000-1699999 12000000-2049999 1Grand Total 234

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School Fees (Day) Total 350000-399999 40-49999 113 400000-449999 350000-99999 53 450000-499999 3100000-149999 25 500000-549999 3150000-199999 10 550000-599999 1200000-249999 5 850000-899999 1250000-299999 8 950000-999999 1300000-349999 4 Grand Total 234

*Fees in Naira

Of this 460 schools; only 234 have WAEC results available for 3 years and were used for the study.Two Variables were derived from the result; Quantity of Passes & Quality of Passes (Best Result Analysis)

Quantity of Passes : Implies the percentage of Pupils with passes compared to the total enrollment for WAECQuality of Passes : Implies the degree of passes based on the Best Result. Results are provided in A, B & C; a Candidate with 5A’s is regarded to have performed better than one with 3A’s.

Each Best Result is converted as follows:

3A’s, 4B’s, 1CLet A = 5, B = 4, C = 33*5 + 4*4 + 1*3 = 15+16+1 = 32

A candidate with 3A’s, 4B’s, 1C is converted to 32 using the substitution as illustrated

This conversion is done so as to get a statistic which measures the quality of Pupils result.

See Sample data below:School Name Best Result Quality of Pass

A.A. International Schools 2A's, 3B's 1C 25Abuja International Academy 8C's 24Access High School Calabar 3A's, 5B's, 1C 38Adrao International School 1A, 5B's, 2C's 31Ahmadu Ribadu College 7A's, 2B's 43Bols International College 2A's, 5B's 2C's 36CAL College 5A's, 3B's, 1C 40Cambridge International School 6B's, 2C's 30

Ahmadu Ribadu College with 7A’s, 2B’s on conversion got 43 as Quality of Pass, which apparently is the best result from the list above.

7 * 5 + 2 * 4 = 43

Quality of ResultWhich School has the Best Result?

This is a sample from 234 Schools showing the Quality of Result per school

School Name 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year CQPA.A. International Schools 25 29 33 29.00Abuja International Academy 24 31 32 29.00Access High School Calabar 38 33 37 36.00Adrao International School 31 27 37 31.67Ahmadu Ribadu College 43 43 45 43.67Air Force Secondary School 38 38 31 35.67All Saints' College 36 28 20 28.00Altitude College 33 43 40 38.67Anwar-Ul-Islam Girls' High School 33 27 29 29.67Apata Memorial High School 31 35 43 36.33Aquinas Private College 17 35 28 26.67Archdeacon Brown Education Centre 28 33 40 33.67Arigbede College 28 35 37 33.33Atlantic Hall 42 42 35 39.67Aunty Alice College 30 35 38 34.33

The Cumulative Quality of Pass (CQP) entry is the Average of the Best Result of the last 3years of each school

Top 47 Schools with high CQP

Loyola Jesuit

College

Primose Private College

Ahmadu Ribadu College

Royal Kriston College

Seat of Wisdom Model School

Jubilee College

Topgrade Sec. Sch.

Suzan Martins Comp. High

School

Cherubim &

Seraphim College

Christ The King Intl.

School

Patman College

Jattu Uzarue

Baptist High Scool

Eccowas College

Gaskiya Skills Intl Schools

Grace High

School

Legacy High

School

Supreme Edu

Found. Sch.

40.00

40.50

41.00

41.50

42.00

42.50

43.00

43.50

44.00

44.50

45.00

44.33 44.33

43.67

43.00 43.00

42.67 42.67

42.33

42.00 42.00 42.00

41.67 41.67 41.67 41.67 41.67 41.67

Cumulative Quality of Pass

Showing 17 Schools with the Best Results

School Name CPQ Position

School Name CPQ Position

School Name CPQ Position

Fed Govt. Girls' College, Odogbolu 41.33 18th Jextoban Secondary School 40.00 27th Whitesands School 39.67 33rd

Grange School 41.33 18th New Covenant High School 40.00 27th Ighile Group of Schools 39.33 39th

Rock Foundation College 41.33 18th Nigerian Turkish Intl College, WuseII 40.00 27th Igbinedion Education Centre 39.33 39th

Yaba College of Tech. Sec. Sch. 41.33 18th Picfleur Montessori & High School 40.00 27th Lumen Christi Intl High School 39.33 39th

Paragon Intl College 41.00 22nd Topfield College 40.00 27th St. Jude's Private Sec. School 39.33 39th

Jelly-Las College 40.67 23rd Atlantic Hall 39.67 33rd Thomas Adewumi Intl College 39.33 39th

Mt. St. Gabriel's Secondary School 40.67 23rd Excel College 39.67 33rd Ilupeju College 39.00 44th

Holy Rosary College 40.33 25th Mivara Secondary School 39.67 33rd Omolaja Sodipo Mem Anglican Sch. 39.00 44th

Our Lord's Shepard Intl School 40.33 25th Parmville College 39.67 33rd Toyibat Comprehensive High School 39.00 44th

Jephthan Comp. Sec School 40.00 27th Redeemers's Intl Sec. School 39.67 33rd Union Baptist Grammar School 39.00 44th

What likely variables are common to all these Top schoolsLocation:

Lagos contributed 51% of the top schools; but the school with the best results are from Abuja & Abia States

Loyola Jesuit College – 1st (Abuja)Primose Private College – 1st (Abia)

Ahmadu Ribadu College – 3rd (Adamawa)Royal Kriston College – 4th (Lagos)

Seat of Wisdom Model College – 4th (Delta)

System & Type:

45% of top schools operate both Day & Boarding system

15%

45%

40%

School System Type PositionLoyola Jesuit College Boarding Only Mixed 1st

Primose Private College Day Only Mixed 1st

Ahmadu Ribadu College Day Only Mixed 3rd

Royal Kriston College Day Only Mixed 4th

Seat of Wisdom Model School Day & Boarding Mixed 4th

91% of top schools are Mixed, both boys & girls

6% 2% 92%

Absolute 100% for Mixed schools!

School Fees – Day

School Day (N) PositionPrimose Private College 45,000 1st

Ahmadu Ribadu College 172,000 3rd

Royal Kriston College 64,000 4th

Seat of Wisdom Model School 107,000 4th

58% of top schools pay N100,000 for school fees. 3 of the top 5 schools are Day only while only one is both Day & Boarding

School Fees – Boarding

53% of top schools pay N100,000 for school fees. School Day (N) Boarding (N) System Position

Loyola Jesuit College 0 631,500 Boarding Only 1stSeat of Wisdom Model School 107,000 222,000 Day & Boarding 4thJubilee College 250,000 290,000 Day & Boarding 6thChrist The King Intl. School 270,000 465,000 Day & Boarding 9thPatman College Jattu Uzarue 15,600 27,600 Day & Boarding 9thBaptist High Scool 0 180,000 Boarding Only 12thEcowas College 45,000 120,000 Day & Boarding 12thGrace High School 570,600 1,020,600 Day & Boarding 12thSupreme Education Found. Sch. 0 0 Day & Boarding 12th

CurriculumNigerian Curriculum is favorite among top performers, 72% of these schools use Nigerian Curriculum.

School Curriculum PositionLoyola Jesuit College Nigerian 1stPrimose Private College Nigerian 1stAhmadu Ribadu College Nigerian 3rdRoyal Kriston College Nigerian & British 4thSeat of Wisdom Model School Nigerian 4th

4 out of the first 5 schools run Nigerian Curriculum!

Year FoundedMajority of these schools were founded in the 1990s. The oldest (Holy Rosary College, Enugu) in the top 47 was founded in 1935. It sits at the 25th position.

The oldest school (Primose Private College, Abia) among the top 5 were founded 20years ago.

School Year Founded PositionLoyola Jesuit College 1996 1stPrimose Private College 1992 1stAhmadu Ribadu College 2001 3rdRoyal Kriston College 2001 4thSeat of Wisdom Model School 1998 4th

The analysis so far seek to establish the relationship between “Schools’ Best Result ” over 3years against: Location of School,

School System – Boarding / Day, School type – Mixed / Unisex, School Fees, Curriculum, Year Founded

The top 3 schools are located in Abuja, Abia & Adamawa On the average Day only school system perform better The performance of Mixed schools are far better than single

sex; in fact, only one Girls only school emerged in the top 47 schools

Schools with high fees show no academic advantage over their low-paying schools

Nigerian Curriculum still stand as the most preferred, 35 of the 47 schools use Nigerian Curriculum.

Academic performance & Age of school show indirect relationship; marginally, the younger the school, the better the performance

Quantity of ResultHow many Students Passed?

%

The Quantity of Result is about the number of Students who obtained at least credit passes in WAEC.

Why is this important?While it is admirable to produce the best result, what percentage of the entire student also achieved success?This analysis, like the foregoing, seeks to establish the school with the best performance measured against Location, School system, Type, Curriculum, Year founded and School Fees.

Which would you rather prefer; enroll your Children/Wards in the school with the Best Result or the School with the best quantity of Passes or both?

Whatever is your decision, in a short while you will find statistical evidence for or against it.

Top 50 Schools with high Percentage of Passes

Showing 22 Schools with the highest pass rate

School % of Pass Position School % of Pass Position School % of Pass PositionRoyal Kriston College 98.33 23rd Trinity Intl. College 97.00 32nd Mercy College 93.00 43rdWhitesands Sch 98.33 23rd Ahmadu Ribadu College 95.67 34th Musa Iliasu College 93.00 43rdThe Lagoon Sec Sch 98.33 23rd Christ The King Intl. Sch 95.67 34th Winford College 93.00 43rdSt. Peter's Junior Seminary 98.33 23rd Topgrade Sec Sch 94.67 34th Baptist High Scool 92.67 46thScholars' Private College 98.33 23rd Grange Sch 94.33 37th Great Grace Private Sch 92.67 46thThe Vale College 98.00 28th Tadey Intl. College 94.33 37th Chrisland College 92.67 46thSoundhope Private Acad. 98.00 28th Faan Sec Sch 94.00 39th Ighile Group of Schs 92.33 49thEccowas College 97.67 30th Sch Masters Academy 94.00 39th Thomas Adewumi Intl. Coll 92.33 49thAdrao Intl. Sch 97.67 30th Patman College Jattu 93.33 41stSeat of Wisdom Model Sch 97.00 32nd Mictec Intl. High Sch 93.33 41st

Location:What likely variables are common to all these Top schools

Lagos contributed 54% of the top schools; but the schools with consistent 100% pass rate are:School State

School StateLoyola Jesuit College Abuja Ronik Comprehensive School LagosLegacy High School Lagos Danchimah-Nig-American Lab Sch. AbiaSupreme Education Found. Sch. Lagos Jomal Comprehensive College LagosHoly Rosary College Enugu S- Tee Intl. School LagosNigerian Turkish Intl. College Abuja Victory Grammar School LagosLumen Christi Intl. High School Edo Stafford House Intl. College DeltaFountain Heights Secondary Sch. Lagos Fortune High School A/Ibom

Nigerian Turkish Intl. College

Lagos

Primose Private College

Abia

System & Type:

16%

50%

34%6% 2%

92%

50% of top schools operate both Day & Boarding system

92% of top schools are Mixed, both boys & girls

School System Type School System TypeLoyola Jesuit College Boarding Only Mixed Danchimah-Nig-American Sch. Day & Boarding MixedLegacy High School Day Only Mixed Jomal Comprehensive College Day Only MixedSupreme Education Foundation Sch. Day & Boarding Mixed S- Tee International School Day & Boarding MixedHoly Rosary College Boarding Only Mixed Victory Grammar School Day & Boarding MixedNigerian Turkish International College Day & Boarding Mixed Stafford House Intl. College Day Only MixedLumen Christi Intl High School Boarding Only Boys Only Fortune High School Day & Boarding MixedFountain Heights Secondary School Day Only Mixed Primose Private College Day Only MixedNigerian Turkish Intl. College Day & Boarding Mixed Jubilee College Day & Boarding MixedRonik Comprehensive School Day & Boarding Mixed

Each of these schools maintained an 100% pass rate:

School Fees – DayDAY

BOARDING

CurriculumNigerian Curriculum is favorite among schools with high pass rate, 60% of these schools use Nigerian Curriculum.

School Curriculum

School CurriculumLoyola Jesuit College Nigerian Danchimah-Nig-American Sch. NigerianLegacy High School Nigerian & British Jomal Comprehensive College NigerianSupreme Education Found. Sch. Nigerian, UK & US S- Tee International School Nigerian & USHoly Rosary College Nigerian Victory Grammar School NigerianNigerian Turkish Intl. College Nigerian Stafford House Intl. College NigerianLumen Christi Intl. High School Nigerian Fortune High School Nigerian & BritishFountain Heights Sec. Sch. Nigerian Primose Private College NigerianNigerian Turkish Intl. College Nigerian & US Jubilee College Nigerian & British

Ronik Comprehensive School Nigerian, UK & US

Note: US – American, UK - British

Year Founded

Majority of these schools were founded in the 1990s.

School Founded

School FoundedLoyola Jesuit College 1996 Danchimah-Nig-American Sch. ?Legacy High School 1996 Jomal Comprehensive College 2002Supreme Education Found. School 1991 S- Tee International School 1994Holy Rosary College 1935 Victory Grammar School 1990Nigerian Turkish Intl. College 1998 Stafford House Intl. College 2003Lumen Christi Intl. High School 1986 Fortune High School 2002Fountain Heights Secondary School 2001 Primose Private College 1992Nigerian Turkish Intl. College 2000 Jubilee College 1990

Ronik Comprehensive School 1993

Majority of these school were established in the 1990s.

The following observations were made from the analysis of Students Pass Rate against:

Location of School, School System – Boarding / Day, School type – Mixed / Unisex, School Fees, Curriculum, Year Founded

Nine of the top 17 schools are located in Lagos On the average Day school system perform better The performance of Mixed schools are far better than single

sex; 1 Girls only and 3 Boys only schools emerged in the top 50.

Schools fees seems to matter when it comes to consistency in academic performance

Nigerian Curriculum is the most preferred; 30 of the 50 schools use Nigerian Curriculum beside those with Nigeria and others.

Academic performance & Age of school show indirect relationship; marginally, the younger the school, the better the performance

Conclusion: Location of School may not matter when it comes to Student

with Best Results; but it does matter for percentage of Passes.

Students who attend Day & Boarding Schools are most likely to perform better than Day or Boarding Only schools.

Mixed schools’ performance is excellent in both “Best Result” analysis and “Percentage of Passes”. None of Boys or Girls Only came close, however Boys Only perform better than Girls Only.

The relationship between School Fees and Performance is not well defined; though schools with high fees show more in top performance.

Nigerian Curriculum is the most preferred, either in “Best Result” analysis or Percentage of Passes.

In this analysis; Age is just a number when it comes to Performance. Younger schools really outperformed older ones.

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Data source:- BrainPOWER Limited, Publishers of: Annual Top

Secondary Schools in Nigeria & BottomLINE Monthly Newsletter. www.schoolsinnigeria.com

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