STUDENT’- STUDENT RELATIONSHIP AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study described the influence of students-student relationship and academic achievement of secondary school students in Cross River State. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. Literature was reviewed according to the variable under study. The ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 15,080 SS2 students, in all the 272 public secondary schools in Cross River State. A sample of 1, 029 students was used for the study. An instrument named “Student-student relationship questionnaire was` used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha reliability method .77. The study equally involved data from school administrative records which were students’ academic achievement records for 2018 promotion examinations in English language, Mathematics and Biology obtained from school authorities. Data collected from 1,029 of the subjects were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings from the results revealed that students-student relationship had positive significant influence on students’ academic achievement. It is therefore concluded that school routine activities influence academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Cross River State. Based on the above finding, it was recommended among others that peer group has both positive and negative influence on adolescent students’ academic achievement. Hence, parents should urge their wards to relate with responsible friends who know the importance of education