SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN INI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACT This study was on Social Media and Educational Development of Students in selected secondary schools in Ini LGA. The work seeks to find out if students of secondary school in Ini LGA are exposed to Social media, to access the social media platforms used by student in secondary school in Ini LGA and to assess how effective the use of Social media platform is on Educational Development of students of secondary school in Ini LGA. The survey method was used in the study while cluster sampling technique was adopted in the selection of a sample from the population. A sample of 384 was administered to the respondents and 340 was correctly filled and returned. Findings revealed that students’ of secondary school in Ini LGA are exposed to Social Media; the research also revealed that majority of the students in secondary school in Ini LGA make use of facebook and WhatsApp and the use of Social media platform is very effective on Educational Development of secondary school students in Ini LGA.Based on the findings, the study recommended that students should be exposed to social media to a high extent to improve their Educational Development and students should also be exposed to different social media platforms to improve online learning though creating of Educational Development between other students.