Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance of Arabic Students in Secondary Schools in Ilorin South Local Government Kwara State
Adebayo Lawal Musibau
Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria Email: lawal.ma1@unilorin.edu.ng ORCID: 0009- 0004-7856-4241
Abstract
The study investigated Emotional Intelligence and students’ Academic Performance in Arabic Language among Secondary Schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara state. The research employed a quantitative research method. The population consisted all five hundred and fifty Arabic students and the targeted population were the two hundred SS3 Arabic students in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. The sample for this study were 200 respondents selected from 20 schools with the use of Stratified Sampling Techniques. Two instruments validated by three experts in the Department of Arts Education are used to elicit information from the respondents with indices of 1.00,21.43,0.91 and two distant factors that captures different aspect of emotional intelligence. The reliability of the instrument was established through test-retest method with correlation coefficient of 0.85. The data were analyzed with appropriate statistical techniques which includes Percentages, Mean and ranking order. PPMC to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses, the findings of this study revealed that all questionnaire items were above the mean score of 2.5 and were considered high. This means that the Emotional Intelligence of the students in this local government was regarded as high. The level of academic performance of secondary school students in Arabic Language is considered high with 196 students who scored A, B, C and P. Only 4% of the students scored 39-001. There was significant relationship between Emotional Intelligence (E I) and Academic Performance (A P) of senior secondary school Arabic students in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara state based on gender and school type. Based on the findings, it was concluded that emotional intelligence and academic performance of students in the said local government was high and recommended among others that teachers should encourage students to write about their thoughts and feelings to help students understand their emotion better. Government should introduce mindful techniques such as Meditation or deep breathing exercise to increase self-awareness
Keywords
Emotional Intelligence; Academic Performance; Arabic Students; Secondary School; Ilorin South
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