NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF F.C.E KANO)

The study examined the negative impact of fuel subsidy removal on academic performance in F.C.E Kano. The design for this study was a descriptive survey. A descriptive survey design aims at collecting and analyzing data in a systematic manner from only few people or items of study considered being representative of the entire population. The design is considered to be appropriate for this study as the study made use of primary data adequate for answering the research questions raised in the study. This design enables the researcher to conclude based on data collected from respondent who served as sample, the data for this study were collected using structured questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered to the targeted population. Direct delivery and retrieval method was employed in the administration and retrieval of the copies of the questionnaire from the respondents in order to attain high response rate, above research question 2 which is about finding out if increase in cost of education (registration fees) as a result of fuel subsidy removal has negative impact on student academic performance. In this present study, it was found that if increase in cost of education (registration fees) as a result of fuel subsidy removal has negative impact on student academic performance. Some of the negative impacts could be late registration, suspension of academic sessions, drop outs which directly/ indirectly has negative influence on student academic performance as the students concerned might not be able to concentrate or focus on their studies because of perhaps the thoughts of where and how to source their registration fee from.