THE EFFECT OF THE NIDERIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN SA’ADU ZUNGUR UNIVERSITY BAUCHI STATE.

There have been concerns, deliberations, debates and wiles on the effect of the Nigerian Pidgin English on the academic performance of undergraduate students in Sa’adu Zungur university Bauchi State. A group of scholars holds the believe that, Pidgin English has an adverse influence on the students who sits for the semester examination in the English language paper of which the Chief examiner himself has testified to that fact. However, different group of scholars disagrees to such perception and thoughts this study therefore intends to understand the relationship that exist between the effect of the Nigerian pidgin English on the academic performance of undergraduate students in sa’adu zungur university Bauchi state. Pidgin English in the effect of the Nigeria Pidgin English on the academic performance of undergraduate students in Sa’adu Zungur University Bauchi State has a Stigma appended to it, yet it appreciates some esteem among learners at the secondary and tertiary level of education. It is absurd that pidgin English will ever be utilized as a mechanism of teaching in Sa’adu Zungur University Bauchi State due to the social stigma appended to it. Numerous tertiary students are open to utilizing pidgin English in casual circumstances and the low performance of students in English language assessments might be credited to the utilization of pidgin English. This study is considered as a feature of an on-going pursuit to discover the relationship between the speaking of pidgin English and performance in examination particularly the semester. Aside from the connection that might be built up between performance in assessments and the speaking of non-standard English or pidgin English, issues might be overflowing in Sa’adu Zundur University Bauchi State, where most learners don’t perform well in assessments, all the more particularly in English language papers.