IMPACT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ZARIA EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorSOLOMON, Philomena Member
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-27T09:48:54Z
dc.date.available2014-11-27T09:48:54Z
dc.date.issued2014-02
dc.descriptionDEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study is on Impact of Juvenile Delinquency on Academic Performance of Junior Secondary School Social Studies Students in Zaria educational zone in Kaduna State. The study made use of three research questions and three null hypotheses. The population of respondents for the study was 34,564 students from public schools in Zaria Educational Zone. The sample size was 80 JS3 students from GGSS Chindit and GGSS Kofan Gayanan. The data for the study was collected by the use of test instrument with reliability of 0.82. The student t-test was used to test the hypotheses formulated for the study. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that: non delinquent students performed better than delinquent students even without treatment. Non delinquent students performed better than delinquent students even when taught together. There was higher level of delinquency among the older juvenile than the younger ones.The academic performance of delinquent students improved after been taught. The researcher made the following recommendations among others that: Delinquent students should be shown love by teachers as this will instill value and self esteem in the students which will in turn enhance learning. Teachers should not neglect delinquent students in the course of teaching but rather try to understand each student as an individual and treat each as such.Counselling units should be set up in all secondary schools in Zaria educational zone. School authorities should always seek the support of parents in formulating policies. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations for further researches were made.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5679
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectIMPACT,en_US
dc.subjectJUVENILE,en_US
dc.subjectDELINQUENCY,en_US
dc.subjectACADEMIC,en_US
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL STUDIES,en_US
dc.subjectEDUCATION,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE.en_US
dc.titleIMPACT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ZARIA EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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