Influence of Mental Health on the Academic Performance of Secondary Schools Adolescents in Ado Local Government, Ekiti State 

This project is basically on the influence of mental health on academic performance of adolescent students in Ado local Government, Ekiti State. The population comprised of Students. Four research questions were raised for this study. One hundred and fifty (150) students were selected through simple random sampling technique from 5 public secondary schools in Ado local Government Area of Ekiti state. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between stress and mental health of adolescent students. In addition it was revealed that the correlation that exists between stress and mental health of adolescent students was weak and not positive. This is confirmed by the result. Based on the result, it was recommended that teachers should understand that the peer group is an important factor in child‘s learning and therefore should use it to encourage learning in order to enhance good academic performance. Parents and teachers should provide adequate guidance to adolescents to help them understand how the friends they keep can either positively or negatively influence their academic performance in school. Teacher should use the peer groups a study group to bring about effective classroom interaction. The teacher must neither be too strict nor too permissive so as to encourage goodteacher-student relationship.