THE EFFECT OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADAMIC ACHIVEMENT IN WOLKITE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the Effect of using social media on academic achievement of students among Wolkite University College of Education and Behavioural Studies Department of pedagogical Science, Psychology, Education Planning and Management on department students. In this study Descriptive statics of frequency and percentage, where used to analyse the data, the Effect of using social media on academic achievement, the Effect of using social media on time management and while inferential statics (T-test) is used to see Gender difference of social media on students. Which is conducting 190 population from those taken 39 participants 23 where females and 16 males who selected by using stratified sampling technique. It has been identified students used social media more for entertainment than educational use. In addition, it is identified that students used social media while lecture is going on, while doing their assignment and while study side by side. The research findings showed that a great number of students in Wolkite University are used to social media. To this end the researcher recommended that students learn to manage their time properly, use social media sites more for academic use than entertainments, students should be monitored by their teachers how to use social media