• Influence Of Drug Abuse On Students’ Academic Performance

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      Table 1:     Classification of Hard Drugs                    
      Table 2:     Distribution of Respondents by Gender, Age, Religion, ATP, ATF and Tor                         
      Table 3:     Means of Influence of Drug Addiction Rank – ordered
      Table 4:     Results of t-test comparing Male and Female Respondents’ perception
      Table 5:     Results of t-test Comparing Christian and Islamic Religion of Respondents perception
      Table 6:      Results of t-test Comparing Respondents; perception based on parents’ Addiction of Drugs/Alcohol
      Table 7:     Results of t-test Comparing Respondents’ Perception Based on Friends’ Addiction of Drug/Alcohol
      Table 8:     Results of t-test Comparing Respondents’ Perception Based on Type of Residence
      Table 9:     ANOVA result Comparing Respondents’ perception Based on Age
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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT    This study was carried out to investigate the influence of drug abuse      on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire tagged “Influence of Drug abuse on students’ Academic   Performance Questionnaire (IDASAPQ). It consisted of 20 items which elicited necessary information from 200 students in Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin. Frequency counts and percent ... Continue reading---

         

      QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF COUSELLOR EDUCATIONINFLUENCE OF DRUG ABUSE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (IDASAPQ)    Dear Respondent,This questionnaire is designed to obtain data on the influence of drug addiction on students’ academic performance as perceived by Kwara State. You are therefore requested to provide very sincere responses to each of the items. Kindly note that your responses will be treated with utmost confidentially as the ... Continue reading---

         

      TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page     Approval page      Dedication   Acknowledgement   Table of content    List of Tables   Abstract  CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYIntroduction  State of problem    Purpose of the study   Significance of the study   Research Questions   Research Hypotheses   Scope and Limitation the Study  Operational Definition of Terms   CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURENature and Normal use of Drug   Classification of Hard Drugs  •    ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The study will commence by analyzing how to problem of drug abuse came into being. In this aspect, the study will then proceed to show the effect of drug abuse on student’s academic performance. Finally, the study intends to draw conclusion and make useful suggestion and recommendations in order to combat the menace of drug abuse. Operational Definition of Terms Abuse:    is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in ma ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Summary of Literature Review     The influence of Drug Abuse on student Academic performance has been touched in this view. From the work of various authors, researchers and educationalist/related Literature are viewed under various element of drug abuse background such as, Nature and Normal drug classification of hard drug, meaning of drug abuse, causes, reasons behind drug abuse, Influence of drug abuse on academic performance, effect of drug abuse, and counseling for drug abuse as they in ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability: Reliability of the instrument according to (Neil R. Carlson 2009) refer Reliability in statistics and psychometrics as the overall consistency of a measure. A measure is said to have a high reliability if it produces similar results under consistent conditions. "It is the characteristic of a set of test scores that relates to the amount of random error from the measurement process that might be embedded in the scores. A test – retest method was employed to ascerta ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Table 2 shows the Means and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table, Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead to poor concentration in the class”) ranked first (1st) with a mean score of 3.285. Item 13 (“Drug abuse can lead to frequent fatigue”) ranked 2nd with a mean score of 3.100, while item 15th (“Drug abuse can lead to poor spelling habit”) and Item 20 (“Drug abuse can lead to not being able to understand ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Conclusion     This study has undertaken to find for the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin. Based on the finding from this study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study’s conclusion.Table 2 showed the Mean and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table,  Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead t ... Continue reading---

         

      REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAbel. F.I (1974), The use of Indian hemp & drugs, among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigerian University press.Alfred, B. Williams, G. and payne, W.J.A (1969) “medical chemistry” new York London, page 3-47 published, designed and printed by tap printing works, new York.Ajila C.O; Causes of Drug Abuse among school adolescents in Ondo State. Nig. Rev. Afr. Affairs, 6: 45-55, 1992.Adelekan, M.L Abiodun, O.A, Imoukhom Obayan, A.O, Oni G.A., Ogunremi, O.O Psychosocial Cor ... Continue reading---