23Nov 2016

STUDENTS’ NON-SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN: IMPLICATION FOR COUNSELLING

  • Head, Counselling Unit Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
  • National Open University of Nigeria Ibadan Study Centre.
  • School of Arts and social sciences, National Open University of Nigeria Ibadan Study Centre.
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School attendance is of necessity and very important for academic success and moral development of learners. There is no doubt that issue of school attendance in Nigeria among secondary school students has contributed largely to the poor performance of students in examination conducted internally and externally, hence the need for this study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using ex-post facto type. Purposive sampling technique was used to select two hundred (200) participants for the study. Three hypotheses were generated and tested for the study at 0.05 alpha levels. The main instrument for the study was Student Attendance Behaviour Scale (SABS; r = 0.83) was used to generate data for the study. Data were analyzed using Student t test statistic. There were significant differences in the level of truancy behaviour between: male and female participants (tobs = 11.08; df = 198; p > 0.05); participants from monogamous and polygamous families (tobs = 274.15; df = 198; p> 0.05). The result also indicated that there was a significant difference in the truancy behaviour between participants from literate and non-literate homes (t = 24.25; df = 198; p < 0.05). The study concluded that truancy is a bad habit. It was therefore recommended that school administrators, counselors, teachers and parents should endeavour to identify factors leading to truancy among learners with a view to develop appropriate intervention.


[OJO Funmilayo Yemi, OJO Philip O and ONAOLAPO Abayomi Philip. (2016); STUDENTS’ NON-SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IBADAN: IMPLICATION FOR COUNSELLING Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Nov). 82-88] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr Yemi OJO.


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2058      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2058