THE EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY STUDENTS IN KOBOKO DISTRICT TOWN COUNCIL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ................................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL. ...................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................. iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. v

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... vii

LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................... viii

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... ix

CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................. 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1

1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................ !

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................... 3

1.3 THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ................................................................ .4

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................................................... .4

1.4.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES .............................................................................. .4

1.4.2 THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO; .............................................. .4

1.5 . RESEARCH QUESTIONS: ........................................................................... .4

1.6 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ...................................................... 5

1.7 THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY ...................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................. 6

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .................................................................. 6

2.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 6

2.2 CHANGES IN PERFORMANCE ................................................................... 8

2.3 CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS ................................................................... 10

2.4 TYPES AND EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS ........................ 11

2.5 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS ................................................................ 15

CHAPTER THREE ...................................................................................................... 16

METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 16

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................................................... 16

3.2 · AREA AND POPULATION OF THE STUDY ........................................... 16

3.3 THE SAMPLE SELECTION AND SIZE .................................................... 16

3.4 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ...................................................................... 17

3.5 PROCEDURES ............................................................................................... 17

3.6 DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 17

3.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ................................................................. .17

CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................... 18

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS ............................................................ 18

4.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 18

4.1 BIO DATA OF THE RESPONDENTS ....................................................... 18

4.1.1 AGE BRACKET OF THE RESPONDENTS ................................................. 18

4.1.2 YEAR OF JOINING THE SCHOOL ........................................................... 19

4.1.3 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. ............................................................................... 19

4.1.4 TYPES OF DRUGS ........................................................................................ 20

4.1.6 EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON PERFORMANCE ............................ 21

4.1.7 . NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED DRUGS ................. 22

4. 1.8 SUGGESTIONS GIVEN BY THE RESPONDENTS ............................. .23

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................... 24

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS .................................................... 24

5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................. 24

5.2 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................ .25

REFERENCES: ............................................................................................................. .27

APPENDICES ................................................................................................................. 28

APPENDIX A: A WORK PLAN (TIME FRAME) ..................................................... 28

APPENDIX B: BUDGETING FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH REPORT .... .29

APPENDIX C: QUESTIONNAIRES ......................................................................... .30

QUESTIONNAIRES FOR TEACHER D ................................................................. .34

APPENDIX D: ................................................................................................................. 37 

ABSTRACT 

The study dwelled into the effect of drug abuse on the academic performance of secondary students. It was carried out in Koboko District Town Council among the schools of Day Star, Modern and Town College. The study utilized the students of different schools with a major aim of determining the effect of drug abuse on academic performance. The study appreciated the role played by other people toward the study by reviewing their work and it is believed that the study is useful to the students, teachers and school administrators and the country at large. Descriptive design was employed and the researcher made questionnaire to collect the intended information, the data was analyzed by use of frequency tables, which made work more easy for the researcher.