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Access
to GSM and Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary School of Osun
State, Nigeria
Olofinniyi OE*1, Fashiku CO1, Fashiku BC2,
Owombo PT3
1Department
of Educational Administration and Planning, Faculty of Education,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
2Department
of General Studies in Education, Kwara State College of Education, Oro,
Nigeria.
3Department
of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun
State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding Author’s E-mail
Address: olofinade@gmail.com.
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10 August, 2012 |
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This paper
examines access to Mobile Phone (GSM) and its effects on students’
academic performance in secondary schools in Osun State, Nigeria.
The sample of the study comprised ten (10) students each from ten
(10) senior secondary schools making a total of 100 respondents
randomly selected across the study areas. The instruments used to
collect data were the GSM Access (GA) and Academic Performance (SAP)
structured questionnaire. Two hypotheses were formulated and
analyzed using Pearson Product Moment of correlation coefficient and
t-test statistics. The result showed correlation between student’s
use of GSM (Mobile phone) and their academic performance. The study
equally revealed that there is no significant relationship between
access to GSM (mobile phone) and student’s academic performance and
also there is no significant difference between the GSM (Mobile
phone) and students’ academic performance of public and private
schools. The results of the two hypotheses showed that the
calculated values are less than t-table values (H01: t-cal. =
0.1955, t-table=1.000, H02: t-cal = 0.308, t-table= 0.960.)
respectively. Therefore, the paper recommends that; teachers,
parents, school management and all the stakeholders in education
industry are to strictly monitor the activities of students and
discourage the usage of this device to avoid academic distractions
as it contribute more of negative values than the positive ones to
education in secondary schools.
Keywords:
Global system for mobile communication, academic performance, senior
secondary school students, mobile phone, Nigeria.
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