An Assessment Of Secondary School Students Enrolment Of Islamic Studies In Ssc Examinations In Abeokuta From 2012-2016
[CASE STUDY OF ABEOKUTA SOUTH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OGUN STATE]

The study includes Islamic studies students from the selected secondary school. The researcher also make use of record of WASSCE and NECO result.
Operational Definition
    Some terms were used in relation to this work and it is necessary to define them to avoid misconception of the information intended. Amongst the term used are.
1.    Assessment: In this research work assessment is refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and documents the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students.
2.    Enrolment: Is the total number of students properly registered and/ or attending classes at a school.
3.    Islamic studies: Is the academic study of Islam and Islamic culture. It investigate the way in which the religion and culture of Islam influence specific societies; reflected in Philosophy, Law, Literature Art and Architecture; and also affects Social Economics and Political Relations
4.    SSCE: Senior School Certificate Examination, it includes WASSCE, NECO and NABTEB
5.    Influence:- The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself
6.    Peer Group:- Is both a social group and a primary group of people who have similar interest (homophily), age, background or social status, with whom a person associates and who are likely to influence the person’s beliefs and behaviour
7.    Parent:- Is a care giver of offspring in their own species  
8.    Interest:- Is the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something.
9.    Parents Influence:- The parents capacity or an effort to have an effect on the character, development or behaviours of their children.  
10.    Peer-group influence:- Is a social group or primary group of people to the influence of person’s beliefs and behaviours.
Significance of the Study
    The significance of this research work is that its finished product will serve as an important material for researchers who want to work on this field. It will also enable Nigerian researchers to account for an Assessment of Secondary School Student’s Enrolment of Islamic Studies in Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Abeokuta and to look for ways of improving Islamic Studies in Nigerian Schools.
    Islamic education needs to be study due to its relevance to human race as it impact good habits., ethics, and moral which conform with the societal goals. Also, Islamic education reforms the life of the Muslim youth from all acts as of vices such as juvenile, delinquencies and indecencies common in the present day society.
    Similarly, the result of this findings will be of great benefit to the students, teachers of Islamic studies, parents and government due to its moral value teachings in the society and that which will help in determining positive ways and means of promoting Islamic Education in our Nation at large and also make use of the three variables.
1.    Interest of students
2.    Influence of parents
3.    Influence of peer-group