INFLUENCE OF TRUANCY ON ENGLISH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KANO MUNICIPAL LGA

ABSTRACT The study examined the Influence Of Truancy On English Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students In Kano Municipal Zonal Education Quality Assurance Kano State, The study was guided by 5 objectives, from which 5 research questions were formulated. The study employed a survey design in a total of 68 teachers, 55 English Teachers 48 form masters and 46 other school staffs. A sample of 217 respondents was selected for the study based on Research Advisors (2006) Table of Determining sample size. The sample was drawn using multi-stage sampling technique while 293 teachers were selected purposefully to suit the researchers need. One adapted instruments, Student Truancy and Academic Performance Questionnaire (S,T,A,P,Q) were used as data collection instruments and both instruments have been subjected to face and content validation by specialists in Department of Education, Bayero University Kano and Department of Educational. However, the internal consistency of the instruments was found reliable of mean 4.3 and SD 1.1 for organizing function. 968 for leading function and 4.3 and SD 1.3 for supervising function and 4.1 SD 1.2 for the whole scale of STAPQ. The findings revealed that the influence of truancy on Academic performance of organizing. leading and supervision highly affects students Academic performance at a (78.4%). (78.4%). and (84.4%) respectively while the students were found to be good at 93.3%. It is therefore concluded that the principals manage their schools accordingly towards the achieving the set objectives while the teachers deliver their mandate efficiently. It is recommended that both principals and teachers should be encouraged to deliver for the betterment of their schools.