The problems of delinquent behaviours among students are fast becoming a serious wound that is eating deeper into the fabrics of our society and thereby constituting a threat to the stability of the nation's educational system. It is necessary for stakeholders in the education. sector to pay urgent attention to this menace, so as to achieve effective teaching and learning. The study examined the influence of student delinquent behaviours on effective teaching and learning in public Senior Second
Ngozi Ngozi (Sun,) studied this question.