Child’s Labour as Determinant of Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Oruk Anam Local Government Area
Abstract
A sample of one hundred (100) SSII Biology students were drawn from a population One Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty (1650) in secondary schools in Oruk Anam L.G.A. Questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. Independent t-test analytical tool was used to analyze the research hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Finding revealed that agriculture, hawking and domestic child’s labour play a negative role on students' academic performance in Biology. Based on the findings, it was concluded that agricultural, hawking and domestic child’s labour influenced biology student’s academic performance. It was recommended that parents should prevent children from been labored as such influence students’ academic performance in Biology.
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