listed in Table 4.13 showed that they are associated with academic school’s performance. Whereas all strategies showed positive association charging low school fees showed a strong association V = 0.582). (Cramer’s Table 4.13: Strategies used by Managers and School Academic Performance Sig. (2 χ2 Crammer’s Business tactics employed by school managers (50,2) V tail) High-cost strategy targeting special market niche 38.542 0.878 0.000 Administering entry examinations 27.859 0.746 0.000 Isolation of pupils from surrounding community 24.239 0.696 0.000 Single sex-schools (girls only or boys only) 21.251 0.652 0.000 Compulsory worship services 21.212 0.651 0.000 students’ Presence of Boarding services 21.122 0.65 0.000 Small number of students in the class (<30 20.867 0.653 0.000 students) 19.370 0.622 0.000 ICT training and use at the school 16.942 0.582 0.000 Cost leadership (charging average school fees) 16.184 0.569 0.000 Vertical integration of academic services 13.328 0.516 0.001 Low-cost focusing on market niche 13.248 0.515 0.001 Type of subjects taught 5.159 0.321 0.076 Market promotion (TV, Radio, websites, etc) Successful schools were observed to charge high school fees targeting a certain market niche; the administered entry examinations, isolated students from surrounding communities, enrolled single-sex students (girls only or boys only); they instituted compulsory worship services and placed few students in the classroom. These schools were also vertically integrated into pre-nursery to form six or higher. 4.6.1.9 Student Selection Strategy by Pre-Entry Examination With respect to administering pre-entry examination, 26% percent of schools indicated that they administered pre-entry exams and there remaining 74% did not. A
listed in Table 4.13 showed that they are associated with school’s academic performance. Whereas all strategies showed positive association charging low school fees showed a strong association (Cramer’s V = 0.582). Table 4.13: Strategies used by Managers and School Academic Performance Business tactics employed by school managers χ2 (50,2) Crammer’s V Sig. (2 tail) High-cost strategy targeting special market niche Administering entry examinations Isolation of pupils from surrounding community Single sex-schools (girls only or boys only) Compulsory students’ worship services Presence of Boarding services Small number of students in the class (<30 students) ICT training and use at the school Cost leadership (charging average school fees) Vertical integration of academic services Low-cost focusing on market niche Type of subjects taught Market promotion (TV, Radio, websites, etc) 38.542 27.859 24.239 21.251 21.212 21.122 20.867 19.370 16.942 16.184 13.328 13.248 5.159 0.878 0.746 0.696 0.652 0.651 0.65 0.653 0.622 0.582 0.569 0.516 0.515 0.321 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.076 Successful schools were observed to charge high school fees targeting a certain market niche; the administered entry examinations, isolated students from surrounding communities, enrolled single-sex students (girls only or boys only); they instituted compulsory worship services and placed few students in the classroom. These schools were also vertically integrated into pre-nursery to form six or higher. 4.6.1.9 Student Selection Strategy by Pre-Entry Examination With respect to administering pre-entry examination, 26% percent of schools indicated that they administered pre-entry exams and there remaining 74% did not. A
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