ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of CRS on moral deterioration among students in public secondary schools in Edo State's Egor LGA. The purpose of this study was to identify the many types of moral decadence among secondary school students in Edo State's Egor Local Government Area, as well as the role of CRS in preventing them. Four research questions were posed and answered utilizing questionnaires, including: Four research questions were presented and addressed, and data was collected using a standardized questionnaire.
This study's population consisted of four thousand and forty two (4042) JSS 2 pupils from thirteen (13) Public Junior Secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area, Edo State. The sample size is 100 (JSS 2) students in the thirteen (13) Public Junior Secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of EdoState. The sample size consist of 100 (JSS 2)students from four (4) Public Junior secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area. The data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings from the research questions reveals that: the forms of moral decadence among students includes students come late to school,followed by most students do not have respect for their elders, cheating in examination among students as well as fighting among students in Egor Local Government Area,it was also discovered that the teaching of CRS helps in curbing cultism among and the teaching of CRS helps in curbing drug abuse among students.
Based on the findings it was recommended that religious instruction should be entrenched in secondary school curriculum. This is imperative as we assume that the teaching of CRS brings the fear of God and consequently that students who fear God would not engage in unruly behaviour, and this would make for a peaceful atmosphere as well as Series of regular programmes like seminar,workshops,in-service training and others should be organized to update teachers knowledge as well as guiding both teachers and students' behavior in schools
