Students’ Performance scores: A Case studyof the 2014 History Junior Certificate State Examinations in Swaziland.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
The study examines the students’ performance scores in the 2014 history junior certificate examination. A sample of 1013 students from 5899 whosit for the 2024 history examination was selected. A sample of 28 schools from 258 was purposeful selected. It covers a sample of pupils’ scores inhistory paper one and two.Convergence and divergence model was adopted. Analysis focused on school item mean scores, school mean scores. The results shown that most students performed well only in question one, in paper one. The study revealed that concepts in question one, were fairly taught and understood. In paper two, more students performed well because of the nature of the paper, which influenced teachers to teach for examination. The study also revealed that teaching for the examination undermines the quality of education. It is recommended that the Ministry of Education and Training and other relevant departments should refocus their attention on those concepts and skills in question 2,3,4,5 and 6of paperone which were missed by most students.
Authors and Affiliations
Boyie S. Dlamini, Sithulisiwe Bhebhe, Phindile A. Dlamini
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