Effect of Street Hawking On the Academic Performance Of Students in Social Studies in Junior Secondary Schools in Nassarawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study sought to find out the effect of street hawking on academic performance of students of social studies in Nasarawa state. The sample comprises of 100 JSS III students, 50 females and 50 males. Quasi-experimental post-test design was employed. Test item; Social studies performance test (SSPT) instrument was use. Using t-test statistics the result shows that: the experimental group exposed to hawking performed significantly lower than the control group who are not exposed. The performances mean score of the experimental group is 10.50 while the control group is 15.60. The study found that street hawking has negative effect on students' academic performance in social studies. It recommends that government should create more job opportunities so that children would not have to contribute to family income.