Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study is on effects of cognitive restructuring therapy on senior secondary school students’ truancy behaviours and academic achievements in Aliero, Kebbi State, Nigeria. The study adopted the true experimental research design. Four rsearch questions and  four hypotheses were formulated for the study. The sample was 30 students who were drawn from one Secondary Schools using simple random sampling techniques. The data for this study was collected using three instruments namely: School Register, Students Truancy Behaviours Checklist (STBC) and Academic Achievement Test in English Language (AAEL). The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.92 which means the instrument was good and reliable. Data obtained in this study were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools namely: means and standard deviation while independent sample t-test will be used to test the null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. Results indicated that there was a significant effect of cognitive restructuring therapy on students’ disruptive behaviour, there was a significant effect of cognitive restructuring therapy on students’ absenteeism from school behaviour, there was a significant effect of cognitive restructuring therapy on students’ lateness to school behaviour and there was a significant effect of cognitive restructuring therapy on students’ academic achievement in English Language. Hence, it can be conluded that cognitive restructuring therapy can help improve the academic achievement of students in senior secondary school in Aliero, Kebbi State. It was recommended, among other things, that parents should increase their effects to ensure that their children are prompt and regular in schools, Government should employ and deploy qualified guidance counsellors into all secondary schools in order to curb the issue of truancy behaviours among secondary school students, Guidance counsellors should use appropriate therapy or counselling techniques for the reduction of truancy behaviours among secondary school students, and secondary school students should be deliberate and self-discipline in dealing with truancy behaviours which is inimical to their academic achievements.