Enhancement of Good Reading Harbits Among Public Senior Secondary School Students in Abaji Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (Fct), Abuja, Nigeria

The titled of this study is onenhancement of good reading habits among public senior secondary school students in Abaji Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria.The study employed a descriptive survey research design in which questionnaire were used to get respondents' perception.The study population consists of 12 public senior secondary schools and 16,308 students of public senior secondary schools within the age of 16-18 in Abaji Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja.210 students (105 males and 105 females) were sampled from 5 sampled public senior secondary schools in the study area through stratified random sampling technique, while proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select the respondents.The instrument used for data collection was a researchers' self-designed structure questionnaire titled "Good Reading Habits Questionnaire (GRHQ)'.The questionnaire instrument was divided into four sections.Section A, B, C and D. Section A seek information from personal data of the respondents.Sections B contain 8 items on the importance of books in the development of good reading.Section C contain 6 items on the causes of low reading habits among students, while Section D contain 5 items on various strategies for enhancing good reading habits among students.All the three sections (B, C and D) elicited responses on respondents' view on options of "Agreed", "Disagreed" and "Undecided".The instrument was vetted and validated by experts in Language, Measurement and Evaluation.A pilot test was conducted and a reliability coefficient index of 0.72 was obtained using Chrombach's alpha statistics.Three research questions guided the study and data were analyzed by the use of frequency and percentage.Result of findings revealed that: learning new words; widening students' horizon and increasing knowledge among others are importance of good reading habits among students.In addition, results of finding also revealed that: lack of easy-to-read materials; inadequate motivation of students by their teachers among others are some of the causes of low readership among students.Finally, result of finding revealed that: sensitization to parents on their roles in the development of child's reading habits; establishment of libraries and libraries facilities among others are strategies for KADA International Multidisciplinary Journal of Education, Vol. 2, Issue 2, September (2026) ISSN: 3156-4674 (p)enhancing good reading habits among students.The study recommended among others that: FCT Secondary Education Board should organize workshops where authors will be invited to listen to experts to speak on the improvement in the production of quality and easy-to-read materials for students.In addition, FCT Secondary Education Board should establish adequate and well-equipped libraries in all secondary schools.