Perceived Effects of Poverty on Secondary School Student’s Learning Outcomes in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government area of Rivers State.

This study was conducted to examine the perceived effects of poverty on secondary school students’ learning outcomes in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted the survey research design. The participants were 100 students randomly selected from five schools (20 per school). Instrument used was Perceived Effect of Poverty Questionnaire(r=0.85) and Achievement Test in Social Studies(r=0.77). Data were analyzed using t-test analysis and all hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that there was no significant difference between the academic performance of students based on religion and the parental educational background was not correlated with students’ learning outcomes. It was recommended that teachers and school administrators should give attention to both students from educated and uneducated homes in the classroom activities and encourage them to actively participate in classroom activities and encourage them to actively participate in classroom instruction and that government bridge the existing gap between the rich and the poor.