THE IMPACT OF NEGATIVE PEER INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN GUZARA HIGH SCHOOLS OF GONDAR ZURIA WOREDA, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

A tremendous decrease in the academic achievement of students due to peer influence becomes a serious problem in Ethiopia, particularly in Guzara High School. So the purpose of the study was to assess the impact of negative peer influences on the students’ academic achievement in Guzara high school, Gondar Zuria Woreda, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to examine negative peer group prior achievements influences students’ academic achievements, to examine the association between peer influence and academic achievement of students and to identify factors associated with for the vulnerability of peer influence of students Guzara high school students. Cross-sectional survey design was used. The study included 124 respondents from Guzara high school; of Gondar Zuria Woreda selected using random sampling technique. The data were collected using questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. The data were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, cross tabulation with chi-square and binary logistic regression. The binary logistic regression result was used to show the determinant factors associated with for the vulnerability of peer influence on academic achievement of students. The expected binary logistic regression analysis were variables become significant predictors of peer influence including age, family size, family income, and mother educational level, peer group members,