NATIONAL TEACHER’S INSTITUTE KADUNA
EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY STUDY CENTRE ABAKALIKI
ABSTRACT
The
effects of truancy among secondary school students in Ohaukwu Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State on the students, the school authority, and the society at
large with a view to knowing how to tackle it necessitated this research work.
Four research questions have been formulated to guide this study. Random
sampling method was used and it covered 9 selected secondary
schools, 3000
(three thousand) students and 200 (two hundred) teachers. These numbers
therefore represent their counterpart from their schools and other schools in
Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. From the raw views got through
the questionnaire and the analysis made, it was found that truancy is not just
a serious educational problem, but also a serious social one. It does not just
affect those students who indulge in them but also affects those students who
do not. It also increases crime in the society and leads to economic waste.
Since it affects virtually everyone directly or indirectly, recommendations
have been made for a concerted effort by all to reduce it to the lowest level.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Title
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Certification
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Approval page
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Dedication
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Acknowledgments
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Table of contents
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List of tables
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Abstract
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CHAPTER ONE:
Introduction
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1.1 Background to the study
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1.2 Statement of the problem ------------------------------- 4
1.3 Purpose of the study
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1.4 Significance of the study
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1.5 Scope of the study
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1.6 Research questions----------------------------------------
6
CHAPTER TWO:
Review of related literature 7
2.1 Conceptual framework
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2.1.1 Habitual Truancy
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2.1.2 Occasional
Truancy------------------------------- 9
2.1.3 Causal Truancy
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2.2 Theoretical framework
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2.3 The causes of truancy
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2.3.1 children and their
background------------------- 12
2.3.2 School factor
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2.3.3 Socio-Economic Situation
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2.3.4 Peer group influence
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2.4 Review of Empirical studies
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2.5 Summary of Literature Review
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CHAPTER THREE:
Methodology
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3.1 Research Design-------------------------------------------
25
3.2 Area of Study
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3.3 Population of the study
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3.4 Sample and Sampling Techniques
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3.5 Instrument for Data Collection ------------------------- 27
3.6 Validation of the Instrument
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3.7 Reliability of the Instrument
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3.8 Method of Data Collection
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3.9 Method of Data Analysis --------------------------------- 29
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation of Results and Findings
31
4.1 Research Question One
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4.2 Research Question Two
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4.3 Research Question Three-------------------------------- 37
4.4 Research Question four --------------------------------- 44
4.5 Summary of Findings
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CHAPTER FIVE:
Discussion of the findings,
implications, recommendations, summary and conclusion - 51
5.1 Discussion of the Findings
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5.1.1 Research Questions
one------------------------- 51
5.1.2 Research Questions
Two------------------------- 53
5.1.3 Research Questions
Three----------------------- 54
5.1.4 Research Questions
Four------------------------ 55
5.2 Educational implications of
Findings----------------- 56
5.3 Recommendations
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5.4 Limitations of the study
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5.5 Suggestions for further studies
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5.6 Summary
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5.7 Conclusion
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References
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Appendix I
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Appendix
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LIST
OF TABLES
1. Causes of truancy among students - - - 31
2. How truancy affects academic
performance of students- 34
3. Ways that truancy manifests in students
- - 37
4. Effects of truancy on the society - - - 44