Good
academic performance of students at the senior secondary school is of paramount
importance in every educational system. However, numerous factors have
influenced the academic performance of students. In this study, influence of
peer pressure and time management was researched among the senior secondary
school students in Public Secondary Schools Anaocha Local Government
Area of Anambra State. The current paper is an empirical study that used
descriptive research method. The population of the study is 754 senior secondary
11 (SS 2) students from the 16 public secondary schools in Anaocha Local
Government Area Anambra State. The instrument for data collection is structured
questionnaire titled “Influence of Peer Pressure and Time Management on the
Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire” (IPPSAPQ). The instrument was
validated by three experts. Cronbach
alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which
was administered to 10 students from secondary schools in Awka South Local
Government Area of Anambra State. The co-efficient of 0.78 and 0.77 were
obtained in the two clusters of the instrument. In analyzing the data for the
study, arithmetic mean was used to answer the research questions. The result of
the study revealed that peer pressure and time management influence the
academic performance of the senior secondary 11 (SS2) students. Based on the
findings, the researcher recommended among other things that students should be
encouraged to join healthy peer groups in order to feel free to receive help
from their peers in the areas of their academic difficulties.
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