ABSTRACT

This project is designed specifically to investigate peoples’ view about co-educational system on student’s academic performance in co-educational institution in Agatu local government area of Benue state. This project is divided into five chapters: first chapter is introduction which observes the background of the study, the statement of the problem, purpose of the study, limitation and scope of the study. Chapter two deals with the review of related literatures and opinions from other people work on “effects of co-educational system on academic performance of students”, Chapter three discusses the methods employed in collecting data .the research method adopted in the investigation of this phenomenon is the questionnaire technique and interview method. The questionnaires were distributed to respondents using random sampling. Chapter four is the data analysis, chapter five, the last chapter deals with summary conclusion and recommendation of the research work, suggestions for further investigation and critical analysis. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE                                                                                             I

APPROVAL PAGE                                                                                    II

DEDICATION                                                                                           III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                                                                          IV

ABSTRACT                                                                                               V

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                      VI

CHAPTER ONE                                                                                        1

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY                                                     1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM                                                    4

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY                                                               4

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS                                                                            4

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY                                                      5

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY                                                                    6

1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS                                       7

CHAPTER TWO                                                                                        10

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE                                                   10

2.1 INTRODUCTION                                                                                10

2.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK                                                                   10

2.3 SUMMARY                                                                                         21

CHAPTER THREE                                                                                    23

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY                                                                23

3.1 INTRODUCTION                                                                                23

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN                                                                          23

3.3 AREA OF THE STUDY                                                                      23

3.4 POPULATION OF THE STUDY                                                                  23

3.5 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES                                                24

3.6 INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION                                       25

3.7 VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT                                             25

3.8 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION                                                  25

3.9 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS                                                       25

CHAPTER FOUR                                                                                               

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION                              26

4.1 INTRODUCTION                                                                                26

4.2 DATA PRESENTATION                                                                    26

4.3 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS                                                             29

SUMMARY OF CHPTER FOUR                                                              31

CHAPTER FIVE                                                                                        33

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1SUMMARY                                                                                          33

5.2 CONCLUSION                                                                                    34

5.3 RECOMMENDATION                                                                        35

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER