IMPACT OF PARENTS’ SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENUGU URBAN

OBIAKOR, Mariagoretti Ijeoma and UGWU, Ndidiamaka Patience and EZE, Anastasia Ukamaka (2018) IMPACT OF PARENTS’ SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENUGU URBAN. International Research Journal of Human Resources and Social Sciences, 5 (8). pp. 71-82. ISSN 2394-4218

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Abstract

The study examined the impact of parents’ socio-economic factors on secondary school students’ academic performance Enugu urban. The specific objectives includes: Determine whether parents educational status is responsible for high academic performance of secondary school students; Compare the academic attainment of senior secondary school students from high and low socio-economic status. Design survey method was used in the study. A population of 225 was used, comprising Queens College Enugu (65), Urban Girls Secondary school Enugu (40), New Layout Boys secondary School (40), Girls High school Uwani (50), Boys High School Uwani (30).The method for data collection was questionnaire. The tables were analyzed using percentages. The findings of the study revealed that, in spite of the fact that students from educated homes had a higher cumulative mean score and performed better; some illiterate parents do pay for their children extra moral classes; this simply means that some students from wealthy home are intelligent but majority from poor home are more serious and intelligent with their education. It is generally accepted that marital instability has a negative effect on the child’s academic attainment and attitude to life. In conclusion, it is said that home is the bases for student academic performance in schools because charity they said begins at home. The study recommends that Parents should be actively involved in supervising student’s academic work at home.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: miss ifeoma agbo
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2018 08:51
Last Modified: 19 Nov 2018 08:51
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/991

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