Effects Of Truancy Behaviour on Academic Performance of Secondary Schools Students in Ndokwa Ea

Abstract

This study investigated effects of truancy behaviour on academic performance of secondary schools students in Ndokwa East L. G . A of Delta State. Two (2) research questions and two (2) null hypothesis was raised to guide the study. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of this study comprised all the SS1 and SS11 students of the 12 public secondary schools in Ndokwa East L.G.A of Delta State which are about 1,151 students in 2022/2023 session. The researchers used random sampling procedure to select six (6) schools from the 12 schools, and selected 77 students from the six (6) schools, that is SS1 is 40 while SS11is 37 student. Instruments use for this study was truancy Behaviour scale (TBS) while students academics performance was collected from the school. Truancy behaviour variables has 87.87% content validity while its construct validity was ranged from .35 and .89. The reliability index for truancy baheviour scale is alpha=.96 P ? 0.5 level of significance. Regression Analysis was use to answer both research questions and hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result showed that there is a relationship between Truancy behaviour and academics performance and also there is no significant relationship between Truancy behaviour and academic performance among secondary school students in delta state based on their gender . Based on the findings, recommendations were made that the school Authorities should give special recognition/award to well-behaved students as a mark of encouragement, teachers should make learning attractive for the students, also the school counselors, teachers and parents should try to counsel the students with truant behaviour to understand that they can perform well in academic activities if they take learning seriously.