Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria

  • A.A. OGUNJEMILUA College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
Keywords: Drug, abuse, Drug Abuse, Secondary School, Secondary School students

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate drug abuse among Secondary School Students in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. In course of this study, sixty students were selected each in five Secondary Schools in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State. There consisted the study sample of three hundred students which were randomly selected. The data collected were analyzed using percentage to test the stated research questions. Based on the results, recommendations were made that government should intensity her campaign against drug abuse by Nigerians. Parents-Teacher Association (P.T.A) should also be active in curbing their children and warn them to deviate from drug abuse films which misinform or miseducate youth on the use of drug should not be shown on television screen Secondary School should develop intensive in-service programmes with the assistance from specialist with experience and background in developing drug educational programme.

Author Biography

A.A. OGUNJEMILUA, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Department of Social Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, 

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Published
2020-04-30
Issue
Vol 3 No 04 (2020): IJO- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH ( ISSN 2811-2466 )
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