The Impact Of Deviant Behaviours On Academic Performance Among Secondary School Students In Ovia South West Local Government Area Of Edo State

ABSRACTThe purpose of this study is to find out some of the deviant behaviours common in some secondary school in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State and how they can be eradicated or minimized.The information contained in this project work is the result of my personal observations, oral interview and questionnaires to persons mostly teachers and students of the selected schools.The result showed that the commonest deviant behaviours are assaults and insults of both teachers and parents, uses of charms, fighting, dishonesty, disobedience, drug offences, mass demonstration, sex o…