COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFOMANCE IN PERIODIC TAABLE BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANKIA METROPOLS

The study tends to compare the study performance in periodic table between private and public secondary school in Kankia metropolis. The objective of the study is to investigate students academic performance in periodic table of both private and public senior secondary schools in Kankia metropolis, also to assess underlying factors for the possible difference in periodic between private and public secondary schools. Periodic table is a topic in chemistry of great importance and concern to all part of chemistry. periodic table is a powerful tool for understanding the properties and relationship of element. its structure and periodic trends allow us to predict and explain the behavior of element, making it a fundamental concept in chemistry. Despite all these great things teaching and learning periodic table can accomplish for the Nation, its improvement in Nigeria seems slim. The project highlights the objectives, importance, and comparative differences of student’s performance between public and private senior secondary schools in periodic table. Few recommendations were made. The research design used for the study is survey research design and the population sample used for the study is 60 students for both private and public school. The sampling techniques used for the study is random sampling of two senior secondary school having combination of male and female student ,one private senior secondary school and one public secondary school. The data collection used for the study is Chemistry Achievement Test. The data analysis used for the study is by using t-test. It is recommended that education policymakers should prioritize resource allocation to improve public secondary schools infrastructure and teacher quality and government should improve school supervision in other to enhance the academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Kankia metropolis.