FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONGST BIOLOGY STUDENTS IN SENIOR SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, BORNO STATE NIGERIA

The study investigated factors contributing to poor academic performance amongst biology Students in Senior Science Secondary School Maiduguri Metropolis Council Borno State. The research design applied for this study was primarily correlational research design, where questionnaire was used to collect data. The population for the study is 195 for students while the teachers 55. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 students and 28 teachers from the four schools. Three objectives were raised and three research questions were answered. The finding of the study on the quality of biology teachers in secondary schools in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno state shows that few of the respondant believes that teachers have influence toward student performance in biology, while majority respondant said no, The study found out that there is lack of qualified biology teachers, the schools within Maiduguri metropolis lack teaching aids, the researchers conclude that students don’t have interest towards learning biology, lack of laboratories also affect the students performance in biology, it then recommend that government should provide adequate teaching materials to the schools, parents/guardians should also motivate children and show the importance of biology to their life’s. government should also employ qualify biology teachers so as to improve student performance in biology.