The Social Sciences

Year: 2016
Volume: 11
Issue: 14
Page No. 3426 - 3433

Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceived Strategies for Reducing Truancy among Secondary School Students: Implication for Students’ Behaviour Modification

Authors : Immaculata Nwakaego Akaneme, Eucharia Nchedo Nwosu, Enyi Gabriel Sunday, Annah Chinyeaka Uloh- Bethels, Patience Okwudili Nwosu, Amuda Robinson and Felicia N. Ekwealor

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