Title:
COMBINATORIAL INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN DELTA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Authors:
Roseline Osayi UWAIFO, Ph.D and Clifford Edore OGHENEAKOKE, Ph.D, Nigeria

Abstract:
This study investigated the combinatorial influence of Social Studies and English Language on students’ academic achievement in Delta State. The study adopted an ex post facto design. The entire population of 38 students was drawn from the Colleges of Education Agbor and Warri in Delta State. Three research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while two hypotheses were formulated and tested with an f-test at a 0.05 level of significance. The instrument for the study was students’ raw scores collected from the department and did not require validation and reliability tests as this would have been concluded by the various Colleges of Education involved. The results unveiled that, the achievement of students who combined Social Studies with English Language was high. The result also revealed that there was no significant difference in the achievement of Social Studies and English Language combination based on gender and finally the study established that there was no significant difference in the achievement of the students in Colleges of Education Agbor and College of Education Warri with Social Studies and English Language combinations. It was therefore recommended that curriculum planners at the National Certificate of Education level should encourage all Colleges of Education to continue to project the combination of Social Studies with English Language. Furthermore, the disparities existing in various facets between the College of Education Agbor and Warri Colleges of Education should be harmonized.to give students from urban and rural areas equal access to government facilities.