Level of academic a chievement in social studies among junior secondary school students in Oyo State

Abstract

The study investigated the level of academic achievement in Social Studies among junior secondary school students in Oyo State. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the students and teachers in all the public junior secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select seventy-six (76) teachers as well as three hundred and ninety-nine (399) students who constituted the sample size for the study. An instrument titled ‘Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT)’ was developed and used for the study. The instrument was trial-tested and a reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. The data collected were analysed using frequency count and simple percentage. The results indicated that 22% of the total sampled respondents scored above 17 marks, 26% scored between 11 and 17 marks while 52% of the total sample of the study scored less than 10 marks. The study concluded that level of students’ academic achievement in Social Studies among junior secondary school students in Oyo State is low. The study recommended that government and schools should put in place a learning environment conducive and captivating enough to motivate students to learn.