The Reading Habits among the Basic Science and Technology Students in Akoko South-West in Ondo State, Nigeria

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Library Science, Information- / Documentation Science, grade: A, Adekunle Ajasin University, language: English, abstract: Reading habit is fundamental to the success of any student. From observation, the researcher is of the opinion that many students in secondary schools appear to have low reading abilities, this is largely due to absence of library facilities in schools and where present, usually with low patronage of students.

This study therefore investigates the level of reading among Basic Science and Technology students in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The targeted population of this study consists of all Junior Secondary School Students in Government owned schools of Akoko South-West Local Government of Ondo State. A sample of 200 students were randomly selected from five schools equally randomly selected. The instrument used was a self-constructed questionnaire which was validated by two experts from the Department of Science Education. Simple percentage and frequency counts were used to analyze the data collected after the administration of the instrument to the sample.