SEXUAL PROMISCUITY AMONG IN-SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS AND QUALITY EDUCATION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the sexual promiscuity their impact on quality education and school administrators’ strategies for combating such act among secondary school adolescents in Akwa Ibom state. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Four research questions guided the study with 2 null hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance. A 30 – item researcher structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The study covered all the public secondary schools in the 3 local government areas in Akwa Ibom state. The population for the study was 63 principals and vice principals (administration). No sample was drawn out of 63 copies of questionnaire which were distributed and 60 were returned giving 98% rate of return. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t – test was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Some findings of the study revealed that different types of sexual promiscuity were exhibited by adolescents in Akwa Ibom state secondary schools. Some factors contribute to such misbehavior like urge for material gratification, watching of immoral films etc. This risky sexually behaviour affects quality education adversely. Finally, that the strategies adopted by school administrators were agreed upon. Based in the above findings some recommendations were made: which includes that sex Education should be included in the secondary school curriculum. Students should either in the assemble or moral instruction discouraged from watching pornography films etc.