The Effects of Extra-Curricular Activitiesin the Academic Performance of Grade 12 Students

Abstract

This study is concerned about the effects of extra-curricular activities in the academic performance of students. Extra-curricular Activities are correlated with outside learning experiences offered by the Schools to provide opportunities and help students become holistically and globally competitive. However, the students are encouraged to join different activities without any enforcement from the institution. Descriptive Method was used to determine the effects of extra-curricular activities in the academic performance of the students to identify the nature of a situation at the time of the study and to explore the causes of a particular phenomenon to test a hypothesis or to answer questions concerning the status of the subject. The findings of the study revealed that most of the respondents are more engaged in sports than in other extra-curricular activities. The factor that affects the academic performance of the respondents in joining extra-curricular activities falls in the financial expenses and the most common problem that they have encountered entails having extra money. The effect of Extra-Curricular activities is a problem of every institution which is widespread but does not need much attention. Based on the findings, the study recommended that female students should also be encouraged to join extra-curricular activities. However, the institution should provide adequate equipment for the participants to support their needs.