A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' IN WAEC ACCOUNTING BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN CALABAR MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE

This project examines the comparative analysis of academic achievement of senior secondary school students in WAEC Accounting, between public and private secondary school in Calabar Municipal local government area of Cross River State students offering Accounting were selected from each school representing the studies using stratified random techniques. The study involved 2,500students. A sample of 200 SS-2 students public and private school students, grade from west African examination council (WAEC)were obtained from respective school principals and used for analysis. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis of the independent t-test with 108 degree of freedom at 0.05significant level. The result of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in the academic achievement of Accounting students in urban public and private secondary schools for five years 2013 - 2017 significant difference exist in the academic achievement in the five years 2013- 2017. Based on the findings it was recommended, schools should organize workshops for secondary school girls featuring women, who have excelled in school to deliver papers, in order to encourage them and as well as disabuse the minds of those who considered science as a masculine endeavor. The government should also reenact reform programmes aimed at improving rural schooling. This programme should be tailored to meet their unique needs, such as provision of basic amenities, especially pipe borne water, electricity, water.