Dr. Usman Kabiru Government Day Secondary School, Lamorde, Mubi South Adamawa State Dr. Kamkwis, M. Zira Educational Foundations, Adamawa State University, Mubi
Abstract.
This study investigated the impact of single and multiple-shift schooling systems on English Language students’ Performance in Junior Secondary Schools, of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study sought out the impact of; single shift system, multiple-shift systems, single and multiple-shift systems on males and female students, and differences of single and multiple-systems on junior secondary school students’ performance in English Language. The study adopted Ex-post facto research design; the target population comprised all public junior secondary schools (JSS) III students in Adamawa state, which are 49,899 with a sample size of 381. Participants of the study consisted of male, female from ten different schools in mubi education zone, a pilot study was conducted at Doubeli GDSS, and Yelwa GDSS, a reliability coefficient of 0.78 at 0.05 level of significance was obtained. Results sheet was used as an instrument for collecting data of junior secondary school certificate examination (JSSCE) scores from 2015-2019 were used as source of data. The findings of this study suggest that the students’ performance in JSSCE from 2015-2019 revealed that, in single shift system students’ performance were better than the multiple-shift systems students’ performance with P-value 0. 038< 0.05. Although, performance of male students in single and multiple-systems and the female students in single and multiple-systems with p- value 0 .816 ? 0.05 which is not significant, therefore the study concluded that multiple-shift schooling systems had a negative impact on students’ performance in mubi education zone. In this regard the study recommended that the Adamawa state government /nongovernment agencies such as; MDGs and World Bank should increase funds to education. As well as teachers’ strengths and welfare should be encouraged. Adequate, relevant materials and infrastructures should be provided by the Adamawa state government for effective learning in schools.
Keywords: Single schooling, Multiple Schooling, Class size, Performance.