International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Influence of Drug Abuse on Students Academic Performance in Selected Senior Secondary Schools in Sokoto South Local Government, Sokoto State

Bashar Ibrahim¹, Fauziya Isiya Bakori², Ibrahim Labbo Abdul-Kadir³, Abubakar Junaidu Jabo^4
 1,2Department of Adult and Non-Formal Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Nigeria
³Ministry of Science and Technology Sokoto, Nigeria
⁴Department of Social Science, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract: – This study seeks to examine the influence of drug Abuse on students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Sokoto south local government. Specifically, the study sought to establish the effects of the drugs as a contributing factor to poor performance by students in Sokoto south, secondary schools. Substance use among senior secondary school students predicts substance related problems in later life. The target population was 5259 respondents consisting of 10 secondary schools. The sample size was 391 respondents, made up of 3 secondary schools. The data was collected by use of questionnaires. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics after data cleaning and coding. Quantitative data was analyzed using frequency and percentages. Results of data analysis were presented using frequency distribution tables. The study established that more students were able to access drugs and more are at risk of being influenced to start using drugs. The study therefore recommends for stricter measures on addressing the supply and use of drugs, and also to provide more funds to fight and assist students who are addicts and increase the number of students who graduate as well as increase quality of education. The findings of this study should stimulate continuous debate on drug abuse in secondary schools and also provide valuable insights that the government, stakeholders, scholars and researchers can rely on their collective endeavor of addressing the challenges and making the fight against drug abuse initiative a success. The study findings hoped to provides a guidance upon which recommendations are made. It is expected that this study will lead to a better understanding to the major contributors to student’s academic performance. A Drug is any product other than food or water that affects the way people feel, think, see, and behave. It is a substance that due to its chemical nature affects physical, mental and emotional functioning. It can enter the body through chewing, inhaling, smoking, drinking Or rubbing on their skin.

Keywords: Drug Abuse and Students’ Academic Performances

I. INTRODUCTION

Background to the study

This study intends to examine the influence of drug abuse use on students’ academic performance in secondary school in Sokoto south local government. Drug abuse, according to Ajayi and Ayodele (2002), is the wrong use or inappropriate use of chemical substances that are capable of changing functions of cells in the body.