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The study employed a descriptive survey to investigate physics students’ identification of learning difficulties of senior secondary school physics students. The sample size used is the total population of 190 (105 male and 85 female) senior secondary school 11(SSS2 )physics students from four senior secondary schools in Umuahia North LGA of Umuahia Education Zone of Abia State. The instrument for data collection was the researchers developed structured questionnaire on physics students’ perception of learning difficulties of senior secondary school physics students. Two research questions and one null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The instrument was validated and the reliability index of 0.76 was obtained. The research questions were answered using mean while the hypothesis was tested with chi-square statistics. Results showed that difficulty with reading and/or writing, problems with mathematics skills, difficulty in remembering, problems paying attention, trouble following directions, poor coordination, difficulty with concepts related to time and problems staying organized were agreed to be learning difficulties of senior secondary school physics students. Recommendations were made based on the findings.