READING ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN BAMIDELE OLUMILUA UNIVERSITY, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

This study was conducted to investigate reading anxiety and academic performance among undergraduates in the College of Education, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.  Descriptive survey design of correlational type was used for the study while the population size consisted of 179 300L students using total enumeration sampling technique. An instrument titled, ‘Reading Anxiety and Academic Performance among 300l Students of College of Education in Bamidele Olumilua University (RAAP3SCEBOUQ)’ was used for data collection. Three research questions and one null hypothesis were fomulated. Output format of SPSS based on simple frequency count, percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coeficient  was used for data analysis. Findings revealed that there was a significant correlation between students’ reading anxiety and their academic achievement in Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti. Also, reading anxiety affected reading comprehension of students which as such reduced their academic performance. Based on these, recommendations were made.