The Effect of Drugs Abuse on Students Academic Performance (Case Study of Ae-funai Students)
CHAPTER ONE
Aim and Objectives of the Study
The aim of this research is to determine the effects of drug abuse on academic performance of undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo. Nigeria. The specific objectives are to:
- Determine the level of drug abuse among Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo students
- Examine the drugs that are mostly abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo.
- Ascertain the causes of drug abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo.
- To investigate the effect of drug abuse among undergraduate students in Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo.
- To proffer possible solutions to the menace of drug abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Substance abuse is reported in a number of institutions of learning in Nigeria and other countries of the world. In Hong Kong in the 2008/2009 survey secondary schools reported that they had lifetime drug-taking students. Specifically lifetime drug-taking students were reported in 111 out of 112 secondary schools surveyed, 84 out of 94 primary school surveyed, and all of the 17 postsecondary institutions surveyed, and all of the 17 postsecondary institutions surveyed (Hong Kong Narcotics Division, 2010a). The age of students starting to take drugs is also getting lower, for those aged 12 or below there was a close to double increase in drug prevalence of 2.4% in 2004/2005 to 4.6% in 2008/2009 (Hong Kong Narcotics Division, 2010a). This means that children have assumed an accommodating attitude to drug-taking. It also implies that out of ignorance they do underestimate the risk of dependence and its impact on peer relationship and future development. Some students take drugs to enhance confidence in their self control, hence fail to resist temptations to taking drugs. Overall in Hong Kong the rising trend for youth drug use and weakening of resistance is worrying to the public as it increased over 50% from 2,200 in 2005 to 3,360 in 2010 for the group under 21. At primary school level (primary 4-6) the drugs abused most are cough medicines and thinner. The location of use is own home, internet cafe and Friend’s home. At secondary school level the drugs abused most include Ketanine, cannabis and Ecstasy. The location of use is Friend’s home disco and own home. At post-secondary level including universities, the drug abused most is cannabis. The location of use is disco, Friend’s home, and pub and own home. (Hong Kong Narcotics Division, 2010a). The correlation between family structure and drug-using students is also noteworthy. Among this group of students, 7.7% do not live with either of the parents, compared to 2.5% for their non-drug-using counterparts (Hong Kong Narcotics Division, 2010a). Similar drug use trends have been reported in other committees as is in Hong Kong. In the US, Cannabis use is most common, in UK, cocaine and ketamine and in Canada a number of illicit drugs are used by youth. This are just but a few of the countries experiencing substance abuse by youth. The factors contributing to youth substance abuse have been identified and promulgated by the electronic and print media worldwide.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought the effect of drug abuse on students’ academic performance
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the effect of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of drug abuse on students’ academic performance
Summary
This study was on the effect of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. Five objectives were raised which included: Determine the level of drug abuse among Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo students, examine the drugs that are mostly abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, ascertain the causes of drug abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, to investigate the effect of drug abuse among undergraduate students in Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo and to proffer possible solutions to the menace of drug abuse among undergraduate students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 students of Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made final year students, year four students, year three students and year two students were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
In this study, it was concluded that family background, family cohesion, and peer-group influence are important factors that lead to drug abuse. It was also discovered that drug abuse leads to poor student academic performance in University
Recommendation
Based on the findings, it is recommended that:
- Parents should try to give their children moral, spiritual, social, psychological, and financial support so as to guide them against peer and societal influences.
- Children should obey their parents and be satisfied with the little support given to them and they should also keep away from bad company
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