ABSTRACT
The purpose of this project is to deal with the problem of truancy
with particular reference to influence of peer group, inadequate school
materials, poor feeding at home, poor meth0od of teaching, too much work in the
morning at home before coming to the school etc. in Ikpoba Okha Secondary
School Students, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State of Nigeria. In
this project, I have tried to find out the cause of the above problem in this
particular school. This project and deals with what other authors said are the
possible causes and solutions to the problems. To get the actual causes of this
problem, oral interviews were conducted for various groups of people in the
school and the community. Some causes of the problem of the study were
identified; solutions and recommendation which the reader shall come across
were highlighted. If the community and the government jointly implement the
recommendations given, future occurrence of similar problems in Ikpoba Okha
Secondary School Students can be averted.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Background to the study
Statement of the problems
Purpose of the study
Significant of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Assumption
Limitations
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
Review of related literature
Poverty
The function of the parents
Bullying on the student
Uninteresting lesson
The role of the teacher
Chapter Three
Methodology
Research design
Population for the study
Sample and sampling techniques
Instrumentation
Validation
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis
Chapter Four
Data analysis, presentation and
discussion of results
Chapter Five
Summary of findings, conclusion
and recommendations
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The origin of truancy among secondary school students situated at Ikpoba Okha
Local Government Area of Edo State. The schools in Ikpoba Okha are divided it
names from the clan of origin in the early state, the population of the school
were few but now they are vast. Today, among the students of the schools there
was many truants and deviant behaviour has greatly hindered the progress of the
schools generally. I have taken it up as a responsibility to find out the causes
of the truancy and the way to stop the evil. This long essay on the causes of
truancy is intended to take a critical look into one or the major rules that
influence students to the truancy in secondary schools. Some of the truants
students will go with their fellow students to indulge in watch video in their
own resident.
Justice R. A. L. Ogbobin, said that broken homes are assess to truancy. Truancy
is a great danger in a discipline school possibly the whole students in the
school to delinquent. This is true because students initiative and don’t at the
moment realized the consequences of their delinquency. The measuring of the
truancy in the secondary school students, I shall be taking a random sample of
the truants find out from that the cause of truancy from their homes, schools
and the society they live. It is against this research in the solution of the
above measure of truancy and not far fetch. The teacher should advice the
parents of the students to provide the students with adequate or requisite
school materials and also let parents know the problem if causes failing to do
so, teacher should not bully on the students, because hinder the students
backwardness. A student should be corrected by the teacher. The government
should go further to make law to punish those couples whose home are broken
leaving the children to play truancy.
It is against this background that this research work is structured to examine
the factors and consequences (effects) of truancy on students of origin and
destination which will be vividly focused on Benin City. I shall finally
suggest suitable measures that should help to reduce the evil.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
Over a long period of time the problem of truancy among students in secondary school
a drift has been a serious one which generated a matter of concerns among
scholars. This problems of truancy has militated against the goals and
objectives setup by the parents and our educational policy makers for the
education. the daily reduction of this students due to truancy in a school also
creates a high rate of absenteeism this leads to the poor result of the
students truancy can mislead some students to different kinds of crime of the
following:
a.
Stealing
b.
Fighting
c.
Understanding type of activities that are worthless
d.
Using and bullying on people
In this research, my mere
writing can not put a stop to the problem of truancy; but can do so by
suggesting way to be carried out by the government and education authorities. A
student may be naturally gifted if he becomes a delinquent in the school, he can
not develop his innate potentialities to the fullest. Truancy is a common in
the life of the students themselves their parents and in turn development of a
nation.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the study include as follows:
i.
To examine the causes of truancy in secondary school students.
ii.
To know the purpose why students exposed (indulge) to truancy.
iii.
To investigate the leading factor to truancy among students.
iv.
To put forward some recommendations on the effects of truancy in the life of
the students.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study of the causes of truancy in the society is advantageous. As the evil
can easily spread as wildfire, it should be stopped to avoid many students
falling into it as victims. If the evil in our school and other similar
sources, the students will have the assess to perform well in school
activities. Any where the clever ones have the chance to go higher. Students
are exposed to the pleasure of good loves of school environment where by they
interacts for the development of their society. facing the solution of these
crimes like lateness to school, serving as a bus conductor during school hours,
hunting birds in the bush at the time they are supported to be in school, wikll
be drastically there reduced.
Finally, this study and
research finding will also be significant in such a way that it will serve as a
pointer to other research who may be interested in the study.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
a.
What are the factors responsible for truancy in secondary school students?
b.
What are the effects of truancy in the life of t he students in secondary
schools
c.
Why do the students so easily get involved in truancy?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The focus and the coverage of this research work is on Ikpoba Okha Local
Government Area of Edo State. The choice of the area is based on that fact that
the area is the researchers place of on central origin and that the research is
very conversant with the area. There is no doubt because the study will give a
relative and reliable picture of this situation in other similar areas of Edo
State.
ASSUMPTION
This research is designed to entertain many main and sub problems. According to
P. O. Adeyomo assume that the following causes of truancy are common in the
society which are:
a.
keeping in a bad company
b.
Uninteresting lesson of the teacher
c.
Teacher as a truant
d.
Lack of school materials
e.
Failures to comply with school requirements
f.
The students keeping awake near by all the right and does not get up early
enough to prepare for school.
g.
Laziness on the part of school students.
Although this study is
restricted to the teachers and students. Because the investigator is interested
in the factors in the school.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Truancy – This could be defined
as the practice by which the students leave home for school but do not reach
their destination rather they stay mid way between home and school when school
close. They return carry their boxes or bags and go home in accompany of their
mates in the pretence that they have close or returned from school.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0455 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 35 pages |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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Contact Us On | +2347043069458 |