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The Social Problems And Academic Performance Of Students In Selected Secondary Schools
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1.6 The Research Hypotheses
The following null hypotheses will guide the proposed study.
1. There is no significant relationship between age and students’ moral behiour in relation with academic performance.
2. There is no significant relationship between school entry age and academic performance.
3. There is no significant relationship between cult activities and academic performance.
4. There is no significant relationship between examination malpractice and academic performance.
5. There is no significant relationship between truancy and academic performance.
6. There is no significant relationship between deviancy/delinquency and academic performance.
1.7 Significance of the Study
This
research study has implication for addressing social problems in our
society and specifically the problem of anti-social behavior associated
with urban secondary school students the Lagos metropolis. In view of
the prevailing undesirable behaviours in youths, this study will expose
the students to the harmful effects of deviance on academic performance
and thus serve as a cautionary measure for students. It will enlighten
teachers and school managers or administrators on the behavior pattern
of students thereby helping them to use education to adjust the
maladjusted students in their anti-social behaviours. This research
study will equally educate parents on the associated risk behaviours of
adolescents which their children sometimes involved themselves that
contribute to their poor performance in school work. This will help
inculcate in the students the behavior pattern that the society expected
of her citizen, more so, now that the present democratic dispensation
is bent on eradication of all corrupt practices. It will also contribute
to the existing literature on social problem of among secondary school
students and academic performance in the Lagos Metropolis.
1.8 Scope of the Study
The scope of the study is limited to the entire secondary school student in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.9 Limitation of the Study
The
study examined social problems happening in secondary schools with
particular emphasis on age, school entry age, cult activities,
examination malpractice, truancy, deviancy/ delinquency and how the
relate with academic performance of students in secondary schools. Also,
obtaining materials used for the study poised some constraints.
1.10 Operational Definitions of Terms
Academic
performance: This is the behavior of a student that can be directly
observed by evaluating what he/she has learnt during a course of study.
This behavior can be measured through class work, homework, class
participation and tests.
Absenteeism: Absenteeism is regular persistent absence from work or school.
Deviance:
This refers to possibility of an individual or group deviating from an
established norm. Any behavior which does not conform to the rules,
regulations, norms, and values of a given time is viewed as deviance.
Delinquency: this is the behavior pattern that breaks certain rules or laws enacted by constituted authority.
Social
problem: A social problem exists when a significant number of people in
a society believe that a certain condition is in fact a problem
Examination
Malpractice: a deliberate act of wrong doing contrary to official
examination rules and is designed to place a candidate at unfair
advantages and disadvantages.
Cultism: a cult is a pattern of a devotional worship of a deity. It is a deviation from the orthodox norms of public worshiping
Truancy:
staying away from school without any good reason. It means an act of or
practice of deliberately staying away from school without any
acceptance reason, whether or not the parents or guardians know and
approve of it (Fugleman and Richardson, 2001).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study basically examined the relationship between social problems in schools and academic performance of students in selected secondary schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Seven research objectives leading to seven research questions and hypotheses were stated to guide the study. A total number of 250 teachers were carefully selected from the entire population through the method of stratified and simple random strategy. The research design was descriptive survey in nature ... Continue reading---
