ABSTRACT

This study explains the factors affecting secondary school students in academic performance with special attention paid to the effect of social networking sites on the performance of secondary school students and the ways it affect them. The study focuses on social Networking sites, but specifically it focuses on Twitter social networking sites. Interview as methodology is use to collect data and questionnaires as instrument of survey using random sampling techniques.  Twitter social networking site has great impact and effect upon the behavior of secondary schools students in both positive and negatives angles.  Communicating with others is a key aspect of using social networks, but most social networking sites are open to all. Social networking sites are attractive to adolescents in part because it is exclusive to them. These social networking sites are a relatively new trend, having a population mostly made up of college and high school students.