Drug Abuse And Academic Performance Of Learners In Selected Secondary Schools In West Zone, Luanda Division Of Emuhaya District, Kenya

ABSTRACT

The research focused on the efforts done to curb drug abuse by students from the whole world in general, Africa, East Africa and Luanda division in particular. The main objectives of the study were; to examine the efforts done to curb drug abuse by students or pupils. The research based on the following hypothesis; schooling and the home environment have both positively and negatively contributed towards the discouragement of drug abuse by students. Both secondary and primary sources of data were used for example observation of activities, self administered questionnaires which consisted of both open ended and close ended questions. The findings and recommendations of the research were, schools with untrained teachers in guidance and counseling were to train them, the government was to establish more schools to solve the problem of long distance between home and school, parents and teachers were to act as good role models as far as drug abuse is concerned.