Abstract:
This study was motivated by the observations of the writers on the state of this harmony
caused by contraints and state of disobidience to norms, situation, and constituted authorities
coupled with interplay of these variables with academic performance of students in secondary
schools. The reseachers used correlational method to examine the relationship between
boredom and deviant behaviour on academic performances of senior secondary school
students in Sokoto Metropolis. Purposive sampling method was used to select five (5) out of
twenty three (23) senior secondary schools while Proportionate and random sampling
methods was used to choose 327 students out of the population of 2078 SS 1 secondary school
students. Three instruments were used after ascertaining their ,validity and reliability indices.
Three research hypotheses were formulated and tested using pearson moment correlation and
regression analysis. The findings shows that, among the three variables deviant behaviour
seems to relate more positively with academic performance, implying that it affects academic
performance more than boredom. Some of the recommendations offerred are call on
collaborative efforts between school and parents to lessing the workload and series of
examinations on senior secondary school students. Counsellors should assist with study skills
and behaviour management strategies to help solve issues related to boredom, deviancy and
poor performance among students.
