Moral Decadence as a Potential Predictor of Students Academic Performance in Some Selected Senior High Schools in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

The main objective of the study was to examine moral decadence as a potential predictor students’ academic performance in some selected senior high schools Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive survey design used for study. A multistage sampling procedures namely purposive sampling, proportional and simple random were selection sample. total 338 respondents drawn from three Exploratory factor analysis done validate instrument well linear regression test hypothesis. Through principal component (PCA), Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin yielded value .636, exceeding recommended .6 Bartlett’s Test Sphericity reached statistical significance χ2(78) =360.171, p = .000), supporting factorability correlation matrix. pattern structure commonalities results both inspected. Items that had loadings below 0.30 on matrix unrotated items deleted. outcome showed two 0.30. Therefore, those discarded. remaining eleven retained because they all above again, revealed not student Metropolis, B -.395, SE .299, t -1.322, BootCI (-.984, .193) (see Table 5). This suggests students who do exhibit their would have higher chances experiencing performance. recommends educational directorates head teachers need strengthen counseling services schools. may go long way prevent situation whereby country could lose most its manpower near future, compel become dropouts drug addicts.