The purpose of this study was to examine Nollywood imperialism and
academic performance in basic science among secondary school students in Calabar South
Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to achieve this purpose,
four objectives, four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the
study. The ex-post facto research design was used for the study. This design was
considered suitable for the study because the variables under study were assumed to have
occurred and could not be experimentally manipulated in the course of the study. The
population of this study is 5,458 junior secondary school students from 8 Government
schools of the Local Government Area. The sample of this study comprised 200 students
from 4 secondary schools within the area. Simple random sampling was used for the
selection. An instrument titled ‘a questionnaire on Nollywood imperialism and academic
performance of students in junior secondary schools was used for data collection. Simple
percentage and t-test statistical tool were used for data analysis. The results of the
analysis revealed that there was no significant influence between student’s interest,
socialization, level of watching and imitation of Nollywood films on their academic
performance. It was concluded that other factors like teacher’s qualification and interest,
poor and irregular remittance of salaries to teachers, and poor infrastructures in most
schools may be responsible to poor academic performance. It was recommended that
government should train and deploy more basic science teachers, remit teachers’ salaries
and allowances regularly, provide necessary infrastructures in the schools, and teachers
should be sincere and honest in delivering their service in their various duty posts.

necessary infrastructures in the schools

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