Analysis of Students’ Academic Performance in 2021 - 2023 Nigerian Senior School Certificate Examination Multiple Choice Objective Tests in Government

This study investigated and analyzes academic performance of students in Nigerian senior school certificate examination multiple-choice objective tests in Government in South-Western, Nigeria between years 2021 and 2023. Exploratory survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of this study consisted of all senior secondary school students (SSS) in all 1735 public senior secondary schools in South-western States of Nigeria. A total sum of One thousand three hundred and forty-eight (1,348) participated in the study. Multi-stage sampling and systematic random sampling techniques were adopted for selection of a sampled of schools and sampled students for the study. The years 2021-2023 June/July series of the Nigerian Senior School Certificate Multiple-Choice Objective Tests in Government were adopted and used as instruments in this study. Data analysis was carried out by scored all responses dichotomously and descriptive statistics were used for the analysis with the SPSS software. The findings of the study revealed that the performance level of students in the Nigerian Senior School Certificate Examination Multiple-choice Objective Tests in Government for the years 2013-2015 in South-Western, Nigeria were low and that there is no significant difference among the performance level of students in the Nigerian Senior School Certificate Examination Multiple-choice Objective Tests in Government for the years 2021-2023 in South-Western, Nigeria. In view of the findings of this study, Conclusions were made and recommendations were proffered.