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Read Or Perish: Reading Habits Among Students And Its Effect On Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Eastbank Senior High School - Accra., Samuel Kwame Ameyaw, Sylvester Kwabena Anto Jan 2018

Read Or Perish: Reading Habits Among Students And Its Effect On Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Eastbank Senior High School - Accra., Samuel Kwame Ameyaw, Sylvester Kwabena Anto

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper was to examine reading habit among students and its effect on academic performance: using Eastbank Senior High School in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana as a case study.

A questionnaire was employed for data gathering. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study revealed that 45.19% of the respondents recognized the importance of reading in their studies. The study revealed further that reading habits have affected the majority of students in their learning. The findings reported that the lack of conducive home environment hinders their reading …