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Effects Of Peer Pressure On The Academic Perfprmance Of Secondary School Students In Ilishan-remo, Ogun State
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1.2 Statement of Problem
The
academic performance of Nigerian secondary school students has been
unremarkable over years evidenced by the failure rate in public
examinations. Parents, teacher, school administrator, stakeholders and
counsellors have expressed varying concern on this ugly issue. These
categories of people have identified negative peer pressure as being
responsible for students’ poor academic performance. Negative Peer
pressure is suspected for luring students to engage in negative habits
such as over-drinking of alcohol, smoking of cigarette and marijuana,
sexual related activities and other socially unacceptable acts that
distract them from their academic pursuit. These maladaptive behaviours
of adolescents which causes poor academic performance raises the
question, why the students are not concerned about the current state on
their academic performance in internal and public examinations.
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
main objective of the study is to examine the effects of peer pressure
on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilishan
Remo, Ogun State.
The study specifically aims:
To examine the
effects of positive peer pressure on the academic performance of
secondary school students in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.
To examine the
effects of negative peer pressure on the academic performance of
secondary school students in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.
To ascertain the peer pressure influence on the students’ academic performance based on age and gender.
1.4 Research Hypotheses
Three
hypotheses are formulated to guide the study in order to arrive at a
valid conclusion. The hypotheses are stated as follows:
H01: Negative
peer pressure has no significant effect on the academic performance of
secondary school students in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.
Ha1:There is no significant peer pressure influence on the students’ academic performance based on age and gender.
1.5 Research questions
1. What level of peer pressure have Ikenne Local Government school students?
2. What is the academic performance status of ikenne local government school students?
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