Scope: This study aims to examine the impact of social media usage on academic performance among Grade 12

ICT students. The research will focus on the types of social media platforms used, frequency of usage, and the
extent of their effect on academic performance in terms of grades and studying habits.

Delimitations: The study will be limited to Grade 12 ICT Students of Sitero Fransisco Memorial National High
School . The research will only consider the use of popular social media platforms, such as Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. The investigation will only measure the effects of social media usage on
academic performance in terms of grades and studying habits, and not on other aspects of students' lives. The
study will not consider the effects of other potential factors that may influence academic performance, such as
family background, personal motivation, or access to educational resources.

The Delimitation is the study will be limited to Grade 12 ICT Students of Sitero Fransisco Memorial National High
School. The research will only consider the use of popular social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, and YouTube. The investigation will only measure the effects of social media usage on academic
performance in terms of grades and studying habits, and not on other aspects of students' lives.

The study will not consider the effects of other potential factors that may influence academic performance, such as
family background, personal motivation, or access to educational resources. And thus the study size sample is the
Grade 12 ICT A and their prior to social media use and how does it affect their Academic Performance and so as
their Mental Health the venue will consist of questionnaires regarding sections to determine their average hours and
their satisfactory levels via pie graph within the classroom of Grade 12 ICT A the questionnaires will be given within
days Mid/Late-March the Objective consists prior to determine the average of an ICT A Students’ duration of Social
Media usage and thus Researchers will be conducted through Purposive Sampling.

The Effect of Social Media use for Information Literacy

in Grade 12 ICT A in their Academic Performance,
in School Years (2022 – 2023)

Students showed positive reading attitudes emphasizing their accorded importance to reading and finding
happiness to learn new things.

A mixed-methods approach was applied in the study. The data collected were analyzed using version 26 of the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Interview answers were qualitatively analyzed. Results
indicate that social media platforms (SMPs) were least used for educational purposes.

However, as they managed to read posts daily, lesser inclination was accorded to productive reading attitudes such
as finding time to read during vacant hours and having enthusiasm towards advanced reading and reading with
friends. Overall, reading competence indicated ineptitude.