Al-Hikmah University Journal

Personal hygiene refers to all activities, actions and practices carried out by an individual to keep the body clean and healthy, it is imperative for pupils to maintain high level of cleanliness in order to stay healthy. The study employed descriptive research design and the population of the were all pupils in primary schools in Moro Local Government Area while sample size were 210 pupils, simple random sampling technique was used to select respondents. Observation rating scale was used for data collection titled Pupils’ Personal Hygiene Observation Rating Scale (PPHDORS). Two research questions and three research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Research questions were answered using frequency count, percentage and mean, while hypotheses were tested using independent T-test .The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant influence of personal hygiene on social skill acquisition of pupils (F (1,119) = 1297.917, P < 0.05), another findings revealed that there was no significant influence of personal hygiene on social skill acquisition based on gender (t = 1.943; df = 208; P >0.05), also, a finding revealed that there was no significant influence of personal hygiene on social skill acquisition based on school type (t = 1.692; df = 208; P >0.05). Based on the findings, it was concluded that pupils’ personal hygiene has a significant influence on skill acquisition. It was recommended that a great importance should be given to pupils personal hygiene in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.