Teachers’ perception on the behavioural patterns of students with drug abuse in public secondary schools in Kwara State

Abstract

The study investigated the perception of teachers on the behavioural patterns of students with drug abuse in secondary schools in Kwara State. A descriptive survey was adopted. The population comprised teachers in secondary schools in Kwara State. 300 respondents were used for the study. The questionnaire was used to collect data. The test re-test method was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.78 for the instrument. Data was analysed with mean, rank order, t-test and analysis of variance. Hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Findings showed significant differences in the perception of teachers on the behavioural patterns of students with drug abuse based on gender, educational qualification and family type while no significant differences existed based on teaching experience and religion. Based on the findings it is recommended that school counsellors and school authorities should monitor the manner of behaviour of students to be at alert for drug abusers.