771i study il1 estigated the extelll to which girls' rights are violated or neglected, andrnexamilled its fllllctiollal impact on their academic performance. A 101al of 196rnrespondents and 2-1 discussallts aged between 15 and 18 were involved A questionnaire,rnfoclls group discussion, and school records were used to gather data. Percentage,rnal'erage (meall), t-test and Omega Squared (0/) were used for analysis. The reslllt of thernstlldy show that girl ' rights are violated both at home and school environment. As arnr '5111t, a nllmber offemale students do not benefit from the prol'ision C?i del elopmelll andrnsafeguard rights. 111 extrellle cases, there has beell a difference amollg female studellfs IIIrnthe protection (?f their rights. Stati tically significant difference is observed between thernmean academic performances of female students whose rights are relatively protectedrnalld those whose rights are violated Moreover protection difference in developmelllrnrights and afeg7lard rights as treated separately also show some variation amongrnfemale students in their academic performance. It is also ob erved that developmentrnrights, together with safeguard rights have profound impact 011 their academicrnperformance. Fil1ally, it is concluded that girls' rights violatiol1s are some of the mainrncontributingfactors to their law academic performance