Our Village Schools, Still the Same! Cont.

PROBLEM 

Only 19% of dwelling houses are connected to the national grid and as high as 5,077 representing 56.3% of all the dwelling types used kerosene lamps. 

EFFECTS 

There are direct and indirect consequences of low level of utilization of electricity in the communities but the focus of this project is on academic performances. Based on WAEC, BECE performances from the past years have indicated clearly on the position of the participants in their respective results. 

The table below shows the number of registered candidates for BECE in 2014, 2015 and 2016 academic years, which including private schools and

community- based schools. In the year, 2014, 19 community-based Junior High Schools took part in the BECE comprising 1103 registered candidates with the percentage passed 15.8% compared to 1 private school, 13 registered candidates with the percentage passed 30.8% in the same District.

As population increases, the percentage passed for community-based schools beginning to fall rather from 2015 to 2016, with registered candidates 1205(11.5%) and 1244(14.5%) from 25 and 27 community-based schools respectively, whilst private school(s) are/is consistently keeping the pace in the performance, 1 and 4 school(s) with registered candidates for 2015, 17(94.1%) and 2016, 81(42.5%). 

CONCLUSION 

It is obvious that the major problem hindering academic performance in the community-based schools is inadequate access to electricity. The private schools’ student’s performances are encouraging because their parents are civil servants and self-employed businessmen and women who reside in the urban areas in the District.

The private schools’ students have access to electricity 24hours, which enable them to learn more effectively and efficiently through their entire school going days compared to rural based students.

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