Evaluation Of Learning Outcomes Of Primary School Pupils In Three Core Subjects In Ebonyi State- Nigeria.

This research study which focused on Evaluation of Learning Outcomes for both Public and Private Primary School pupils in Ebonyi State Nigeria adopted a descriptive survey design. The sample size for the study was 3041 pupils and was restricted to primary four 4 pupils made up of 1503 males and 1538 females. Three research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Instrument for data collection was 110 test items developed by the researchers in the areas of Numeracy Literacy and Life-skills .The instrument was given to the Experts for face and construct validity and was finally subjected to a reliability test using Kudar-Richardson formula 20K-R 20 which yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.78. The test instruments were administered to the pupils with the help of research Assistants. Mean Standard deviation and Percentage were used to answer the research questions while t-test and Chi-square x2 Statisticts were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the of the findings revealed that both male and female primary 4 pupils are very poor and have very low competencies in Numeracy literacy and Life skills. It is therefore recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria should mount training and retraining programmes for the teachers on the method teaching the pupils Mathematics English language and Life skills in addition to supply of adequate textbooks. Also Supervision Team to monitor classroom teaching and learning should be set up among recommendations