Human Journals Research Article April 2017 Vol.:6, Issue:2 © All rights are reserved by Enyi Uko Jairus et al. Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Students’ Academic Performance in Tertiary Institution (A Case Study of College of Education, Oju) www.ijsrm.humanjournals.com Keywords: Alcohol consumption, Academic, Exam malpractice, Performance, Students ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of alcohol consumption on students‘ academic performance in college of education, Oju in Benue state. Survey design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling method was used in selecting faculty of science from which 100 respondents were purposively sampled. Data were collected with the aid of questionnaire and were analyzed using simple percentage (%). The result shows that majority of the respondents (66.6%) strongly agreed that they were introduced into alcoholism by friends as few of the respondents (13.3%) admitted that they get sick after taken alcohol. The result further revealed that majority of the respondents admitted to the fact that they cannot read their books, concentrate during lectures, communicate effectively after taken alcohol and that alcohol consumption do not enhance their academic performance as their grades get worse with its consumption. The result also revealed that majority of the participants (66%) disagreed with the fact that they do indulge in exam malpractice after taken alcohol. It is obvious from the result that students were well aware of the implication of alcohol consumption and its effect on their academic achievement. It is in this regard that the researcher draws the attention of the teachers, proprietors, parents, principals as well as government to take priority in guiding the students against alcohol consumption minding its attendant consequences. Enyi Uko Jairus 1* , Kpurkpur Vanen 1 , Onah Francis Ode 2 , Omenka E. Jerry 3 , Iorkpiligh Terungwa Isaac 4 , Igori Wallace 4 , Eru John Ode 5 , Jato Stephen Terlumun 6 1 Department of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Education, Oju, Benue State, Nigeria 2 Department of Mathematics, College of Education, Oju, Benue State, Nigeria 3 Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Benue State University Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria 4 Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Oju, Benue State, Nigeria 5 Department of Computer science, College of Education, Oju, Benue State, Nigeria 6 Department of Business Education, College of Education, Oju, Benue State, Nigeria Submission: 5 April 2017 Accepted: 10 April 2017 Published: 25 April 2017