SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

D. C. Ncheke, Esther E. Enejedu, N. Egenti, Nneka Nwosu

Abstract


The study investigated social media site as correlates of academic
achievement among secondary school students in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Two research questions were posed and two null hypotheses formulated guided the study. The research design used for the study was correlation survey. The subjects for the study comprised the entire 486 secondary school students identify from cumulative record folder of students who have performed poorly in English language and Mathematics in the study area. The instrument for data collection were two sets of questionnaire titled: Social Media Questionnaire (SMQ) and Students’ Academic Achievement Proforma (SAAP). The questionnaire was developed by the researchers and validated by three experts in Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of SMQ was determined using Cronbach Alpha statistic and reliability estimate value of 0.83 was obtained for SMQ. The data collected were analyzed using coefficient of determination (R2) for research questions while linear regression was used in testing the hypotheses at  0.05 level of significance. The result of the study indicates that Facebook relates positively withacademic achievement of secondary school students so also is WhatsApp. The result also revealed that there is a significant relationship between Facebook as well as WhatsApp with academic achievement of secondary school students in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that secondary school guidance counsellors should guide and inform secondary school students not to engage in social media sites like Facebook and WhatsApp to enable them achieve well in their academics.


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