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Influence Of Drug Abuse On Students’ Academic Performance
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Statement of the problem
Drug abuse and its effects have emerged as a major source of concern within one college. The students due to their exuberance are;
Does relationship among the secondary school student in Ilorin metropolis have negative influence?
Do students who are drug – abused perform excellently more than those who do not take drug?
Purpose of the study
Purpose of this study is to investigate he performance of secondary school student in Ilorin metropoly, the research work also tends the identify the various causes and the extent to which the drug abuse has influence the secondary school students, it also ment to create the awareness on this impact of drug abuse within the secondary school students in Ilorin metropoly. The research is ment to moderate variables such as age, gender etc.
Significance of the study
The successful completion of this study will Absolutely help to find solution to the problem of Drug abuse not only among the students of private secondary schools, but both the government school and private schools, only boys / girls and co-education in a large society. For instance, student of secondary schools may not well oriented about the effect of Drug abuse. The purpose of the study is to carry out the research work of the purpose of revealing problems and solutions to the concept of Drug abuse and by and large it provides lesson to every students.
Research Questions
1. What is the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis
2. Is there any difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of gender
3. Is there any difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of age
4. Is there any difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of religion
5. Is there any difference on the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of students on the basis
6. Is there any difference on the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of students on the basis.
7. Is there any difference on the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of students on the basis.
Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses are formulated to be tested.
1. There is no significant difference in influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of gender
2. There is no significant difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of age
3. There is no significant difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of religion.
4. There is no significant difference in the influence of drug abuse and academic performance of secondary school students on the basis.
5. There is no significant difference in the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis.
6. There is no significant difference in the influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance on the basis.
Scope and Limitation of the study
The study is limited to the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis.
This study will rely mostly on personal interview, data collection, record available on health institution as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and record available on internet search. The research will also make reference to selected related literature, magazine with view to adequately expose the problem as it exists.
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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---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable 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: ... 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 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 classâ€) ranked first (1st) with a mean score of 3.285. Item 13 (“Drug abuse can lead to frequent fatigueâ€) ranked 2nd with a mean score of 3.100, while item 15th (“Drug abuse can lead to poor spelling habitâ€) 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---
