FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CHEMISTRY STUDENT IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL OF BORNO STATE

This study was designed to determined the factors affecting academic performance ofsecondary school students in Maiduguri Metropolitan Couci, Nigeria. To carry out the study, three(3) objectives and three(3) research where raised. The designed of the study was survey research designed. The population of the study was ([1495]ss3 students, three(3) senior secondary schools where selected using stratified random sampling techniques. The sample for the study consist 305 students, using krejcie and morgan (1970) table for detemining sample size from a given population. Data were analyse using frequency and sample percentage. The result shows that socio-economic status parent affect the acacemic performance ofstudents in secondary schools, educational backøround of parent aftect the academic performance of students in secondary schoois and famnily sizes affect the academic performance of students in secondary schools in Maiduguri Metropolitant Counci, Borno state, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made, parents shoulds always check their childrens books and also guide them in doing their exercises as well as motivate their childrens with gifts. parent who did not attend former education should try as much as possible to joint literacy class that is nearby if any. Parents should always provide termly school fees to their children to enable their academic the performance.