Abstract

This study investigated students’ perception of the prescribed prose text and their achievements in prose literature in Akinyele Local Government Area Ibadan. The study adopted the survey design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select ten (10) pubic senior secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan, Nigeria. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 SSII Literature -in English students per school making a total of 300 students in the study. The instruments used were Students’ Perception of the Prescribed Prose Questionnaire(r=0.78) and Achievements Test in Prose Literature (r=0.75). The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that students had a positive perception about the prescribed prose text with weighted mean of 2.88 which is more than the threshold of 2.50. However, there was a significant relationship between perception of students and achievements in prose literature (r (2.99). Based on the findings, it is recommended that evaluation of possible relationships that may exist between perception of the prescribed prose text and students’achievements in prose literature should be undertaken prior to the prescription of the prose texts.