Abstract
This study employed the total number of public schools in Ondo, Nigeria which gives information on the name of the school, males and females in each school from JSS1 to SS3 in the eighteen local government areas. Systematic sampling was used to select forty eight schools from the two hundred and eighty eight public schools in the state during the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic sections. Applying the instrument of Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, the study revealed that (i).females are more sensitive to public school enrolment during 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic sessions than their males counterparts, (ii).there is significant difference between the female enrolments during the two academic sessions, (iii).there is significant difference between the male enrolments during the two academic sessions and (iv). the trend of male female enrolments in the selected public schools shows improvement during 2013/2014 over that of 2012/2013 academic session. Keyword: Gender, Sensitivity, Systematic Sampling, School, Enrolment
Highlights
The foundation of any state is in the number of people who are literate in that particular state. This brings about the counting of young pupils who are enrolled in Ondo State public secondary schools from each local government areas and how the government has improved on the trainings being given to the teachers and infrastructure been given to schools in Ondo State so as to encourage the young pupils to attend public secondary schools than private secondary schools
Ho: There is no significant difference between the male enrolments during the two academic sessions. (iv)
Ho: There is no significant difference between the female enrolments during the two academic sessions
Summary
The foundation of any state is in the number of people who are literate in that particular state. The total enrolment was 136,203 for Junior Secondary Schools and 117,201 Senior Secondary Schools which gives an average of 454 and 395 per school respectively (Ministry of Economic Budget and Planning, Ondo State, 2010) (Adeniyi, 2014). Education in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems These includes; poor funding and poor educational infrastructures, inadequate classrooms, teaching aids (projectors, Computers, Laboratories and libraries), paucity of quality teachers and poor/polluted learning environment. The free secondary education embarks upon by some states in the country including Ondo State has led to influx of students into secondary schools. The enrolment of students rose from 157,652 in 1999 to 210,520 in 2006 and to 244,712 in 2012 (Ondo State Nigeria Ministry of Education, 2013). Ho: There is no significant difference between the female enrolments during the two academic sessions
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