Assessment of Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Female Students in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria

The study sought to investigate the assessment of factors affecting academic achievement of secondary school female students in Okigwe Local Government Area Of Imo State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study design was descriptive survey. The population for the study is 3,560 which consisted of all female secondary school students in public schools in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The sample size is 180 students. Out of the 9 public secondary schools in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, 4 were chosen by simple random sampling. Furthermore, 45 students were selected from the 4 public secondary schools. The questionnaire titled: Assessment of factors affecting academic achievement of Secondary School Female Students (AFAAASSFS). It was constructed by the researchers. The questionnaire was divided into two sections, Section A sought to find out the bio-data of the respondents, section B is divided into two parts based on the research questions. The coefficient of reliability has been estimated at 0.81 which was suitable for the studies. Item mean was used to answer the research questions, any item above 2.5 is considered accepted and below 2.5 is rejected. T-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 significant levels. Finding from the study revealed that that a lot of factors affect the academic achievement of female secondary school students. One of the core factor is unwanted pregnancy which make the female students to drop out of school and end their academic aspiration in life. It was recommended that school counsellors should invite and visit parents regularly to foster their interest in children education. Keywords: Assessment, Factors, Academic Achievement Female Students