COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KATSINA METROPOLIS

The study tends to compare the study performance in Biology between private and public secondary school in Katsina metropolis. The objective of the study is to investigate students academic performance in Biology of both private and public senior secondary schools in Katsina metropolis, also to assess underlying factors for the possible difference in biology between private and public secondary schools. Biology is a subject matter of great importance and concern to all. Biology helps to promote economic development,eliminates poverty andimproves social welfare. Despite all these great things teaching and learning Biology can accomplish for the Nation, its improvement in Nigeria seems slim. The paper highlights the objectives, importance, and comparative differences of student's performance between public and private senior secondary schools in Biology. Few recommendations were made. The research design usedI for the study is survey research design and the population sample used for the study is 43 both private and public school. The sampling techniques used for the study is 4 senior secondary school, two private secondary school and the two public secondary school. The data collection used for the study is Biology Achievement Test. The data analysis used for the study is by using t-test. It is recommended that government should improve school supervision in other to enhance the academic performance of students in both public and private secondary schools in Katsina metropolis.