Statement of the Problem
All over the country, there is a consensus of opinion about the fallen standard of education in Nigeria especially in the secondary schools, and this has been of major concern to stakeholders in the education sector as secondary education is supposed to be the bedrock and foundation towards higher knowledge in tertiary institutions.
This falling standard of education has been attributed to various reasons such as teachers’ non-use of verbal reinforcement strategy, poor attitude of teachers towards their job, poor method of instruction delivery and a host of others. But despite all the strategies that are being put in place to correct this problem of falling standard of education in Nigeria, much is still left to be told of the education sector.
The question therefore is what is the cause of the falling standard and poor academic performance of student? Is the fault entirely that of teachers or students or both of them? Is it that students of today are non-achievers because they have low intelligent quotient and a good neutral mechanism to be able to act purposefully, think rationally and deal effectively with academic tasks? Or is it because teachers are no longer putting in much commitment as before? Or is it in teachers’ method of teaching and interaction with pupils? Or is the poor performance of students caused by parents’ neglect, separation and poverty? The present study therefore sought to find out students’ and teachers’ perception of the causes of poor academic performance among secondary school students in Warri Urban of Delta State.
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