PREVALENCE AND STRATEGIES OF MANAGING DELINQUENCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA.

dc.contributor.authorABDULAZIZ, I.
dc.contributor.authorSABA, M.D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-05T09:18:31Z
dc.date.available2021-05-05T09:18:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and strategies of managing delinquency among secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The sample for the study was made up of 200 students and 150 teachers drawn from ten secondary schools which spread across the three Local Government Area in Ilorin making 350 respondents for the study. The main instrument used in collecting data for this study was questionnaire, five research questions were asked and five research hypotheses were formulated. The hypotheses tested using t-test statistical techniques at 0.05 level of significance. The findings reveals that the peer influence is a factor is a factor responsible to a greater extent to delinquent acts among secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis. Findings from this study revealed that the delinquent acts in secondary schools has negative impact on the students due to students unrest at all time, truancy and examination malpractice. Therefore, the appropriate punishment must be giving to the students who are really involved in the delinquent acts by the schools authority as well as the state government.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSELVESen_US
dc.identifier.citationAbdulaziz, I. & Saba, M.D. (2013). Prevalence and strategies for managing delinquency among secondary school students in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of Sociologists of Education. (NJSE) 7 (2); 240-250;en_US
dc.identifier.issn1118-1784
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/4928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNIGERIAN SOCIOLOGISTS OF EDUCATION OF NIGERIAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries7 (2);240-250;;
dc.titlePREVALENCE AND STRATEGIES OF MANAGING DELINQUENCY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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