THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES IN PRIMARY SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE)

ABSTRACT
This research project was on, FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN PRIMARY SCIENCES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE).  Data were gathered through structured questionnaire information obtained from principals, teachers, assistant head teachers, students and other staff from the selected primary schools within the metropolis.  In an attempt to validate the findings of this study, four (4) research questions were posed.  The main purpose of the study was to establish whether there is actually poor academic performance among primary school pupils in Enugu Education zone and to determine the possible factors responsible for the poor academic performance of primary school pupils.  Data were analysed using the mean.  And based on the data collected, and analysed the following findings were made.   i)The level of competency possessed by a teacher affect his performance, effectiveness and productivity. ii)Students can experience difficulties in learning sometime, perhaps because the teaching is too fast or the ambiguity of words used by the teacher. iii)The teacher ought to be able to rational appraisal of his abilities and try to employ likely to enhance not reduce the impact he hopes to make in the teaching learning process etc. The researchers concluded that acute shortage of qualified teachers contribute to the poor academic achievement of primary school pupils in both computer and primary science subjects in primary schools, coupled with the fact that teachers scarcely take assessment from pupils after an exposure to instruction to know the extent and depth knowledge of pupils learning.  Besides many problems are found militating against teachers’ performance and effective service delivery and many strategies should be used to improver student’s performance and teachers’ effectiveness in the science subjects in Nigeria primary school Education.  The researchers, however, recommended among other things that the primary education curriculum should be structured basically, to enable pupils to acquire further knowledge on core subjects and develop basic skills as well. And that from time to time, primary science and computer science teachers should be examined for the purpose of certification and for better service delivery in schools.     
TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE APPROVAL PAGE CERTIFICATION  DEDICATION  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  ABSTRACTS  LIST OF TABLE  TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM PURPOSE OF THE STUDY  SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY  RESEARCH QUESTIONS  STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESs DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY  LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY  DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO:  REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE  THE CONCEPT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION  THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE  TEACHERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE POOR  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE PRIMARY EDUCATION TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS – VIEWED DISTINCTIVELY ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE AS A CONTRIBUTING  FACTOR TO POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF  PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS TEST/EXAMINATIONS AS INSTRUMENT FOR  MEASURING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE  SUMMARY OF REVIEWED OF RELATED LITERATURE
CHAPTER THREE:  RESEARCH METHOD RESEARCH DESIGN  AREA OF THE STUDY POPULATION OF THE STUDY SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT REHABILITES OF THE INSTRUMENT METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 
CHAPTER FOUR:  DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS RESEARCH QUESTION 1 RESEARCH QUESTION 2 RESEARCH QUESTION 3 RESEARCH QUESTION 4
CHAPTER FIVE:  SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY OF PROCEDURES USED  CONCLUSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS  SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY REFERENCES