Factors Affecting Senior Secondary Certificate Examination Candidates’ Performance in Mathematics: A Study of Selected Secondary Schools in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Keywords:
attitude and improvement strategies, Poor performanceAbstract
This study was conducted to assess the factors attributing to students’ poor performance in Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) and other public examinations in mathematics. The research was carried out in six (6) randomly selected senior secondary schools in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State and the data were obtained from 120 respondents (90 Students and 30 mathematics Teachers). The findings revealed some of the factors attributing to the poor performance of students in mathematics at public examinations and suggested workable strategies that could be adopted to improve students’ performance in Mathematics.
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