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ABSTRACT
This research study was done to identify the factors that affect secondary school students' essay writing achievement using Egor Local Government Area Benin city as a case study. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design.The population of the study consisted of 10 public schools in Egor Local Government Area Benin city. A sample of 150 students in 3 public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area Benin city was used for the study. The research Instrument used to collect data for the study was a structured four-point Likert questionnaire, the validity of the instrument was ascertained by the researcher's supervisor and two other lecturers in the Department of Educational Foundations (DEF). The reliability was established using the Cronbach Alpha. The data were analyzed using the mean score, standard deviation and t-test. The results showed that some of the causes of students' limitations includes poor knowledge of grammar, inconsistency of learning essays by students, poor preparation for essay exams. Based on the findings of research work, it was recommended that government should make it mandatory for English Language teachers recruited into secondary schools to undergo an intensive essay writing examination inorder to judge their level of knowledge as regards essay writing. It was also recommended that secondary school students should give adequate attention to their essay writing skills as they would to Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
