COVID-19’S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SS-3 STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS IN CALABAR METROPOLIS OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

This study was conducted to establish the relationship between COVID-19’s social responsibility and Senior Secondary School 3 (SS-3) students’ attitude towards Mathematics and Physics in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated to direct the study. Correlation survey research design was adopted for the study. A total sampleof1,100 SS-3 students out of 9,756 students was selected from 24 public secondary schools for the study using stratified and proportionate simple random sampling procedures. One instrument was used; namely: Questionnaire titled “COVID-19’s Social Responsibility and SS-3 Students’ Attitude towards Mathematics and Physics” was used for data collection. The reliability estimate of the questionnaire was established through Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate method which ranges from .70 and .74. These estimates having met the criterion for reliability thus warranted the use of the instrument for the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was the statistical technique adopted to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that, hand washing practices, social distancing significantly relate with students’ attitude towards Mathematics and Physics in Cross River State. Based on these findings, it was recommended that social responsibility should be encouraged and enforced to spur students to develop positive attitude towards Mathematics and Physics.