FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MASS FAILURE OF STUDENTS IN CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OHAUKWU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE.

Abstract

In recent times, there have been numerous cases of student’s poor performance in Christian Religious knowledge in most external examinations. Worried by this trend of events, the researchers took an in-depth investigation into Factors Associated with Mass Failure of Student in Christian Religious Studies in Senior Secondary School in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. 411 senior secondary two students offering Christian Religious Studies were randomly selected from among ten secondary schools. Using questionnaire and student’s academic achievement test, the researcher carefully collected data on the variables viz: sex, age and attitude towards Christian Religious Studies. Independent t-test and One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for data analysis. The result of data analyzed showed that the three student’s variables: sex, age and attitude have a significant influence on student’s academic performance in Christian religious studies. It was recommended that government and school administrators should consider helping school children acquire functional academic when they are still young and that parents should encourage their children to go to school younger to enable them perform better in schools.