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Relationship Between Parental Socio-Economic Status and Academic Performance of Students of Senior Secondary Schools in Katagum Local Government , Bauchi State , Nigeria
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| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | This study investigated the relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and academic performance of students of senior secondary school in katagum local government Bauchi state. Correlation design method was used on a population of 2,399 students from all senior secondary schools, a total of 242 was used as a sample based on krecie and Morgan table of sampling from the total population. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics to find out the frequency and percent of the respondents, while Pearson product Moment Correlation Co-efficient was used to establish the relationship between the variables. The results of the findings reveal that significant relationship exists between parents’ occupation and academic performance of students. Significant relationships exist between parent income and academic performance of students. Significant relationships exist between parent level of education and academic performance of students. It was recommended that Bauchi state government, katagum local government and the proprietors of private schools should pay attention to students regardless of where they come from. Efforts should not be only on providing materials, but should equally be geared towards mobilizing parents and the society on the importance of the education of their children. Introduction A good number of researches have been conducted and they tend to hold the views that, there is a great relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and the student academic performance. They frequently stated that children from high socio-economic status may have high academic performance, while children from low socio-economic may exhibit low academic performance. This notwithstanding, because, at times, those from low socio-economic status if they are opportune may perform better than those from high socio-economic status Education as a means or vehicle for advancement is a right for every child irrespective of his or her race, religion, ,ethnic, or status. For country to develop there is the need to educate its citizens from lower level (primary education) to tertiary level so that they may contribute towards the development of that country. Parents on the other hand, contribute financially or otherwise toward academic performance of their children, no matter how small, parents play their International Journal of Education and Evaluation ISSN 2489-0073 Vol. 2 No.2 2016 www.iiardpub.org IIARD – International Institute of Academic Research and Development Page 45 roles in the education of their wards. According to the national policy on education (2004), secondary education is the education children receive after primary and before tertiary stage. N.P.E. (2004). Any system of education developed in any society whether simple or complex is related to its social stratification and social discrimination. In many societies , power is being concentrated in the hands of few individuals , they control, preserve and distribute wealth, job opportunities and even knowledge .Musgrave (1998) in Dan-malam (2009) note that in a society , power is based on wealth and those with power wish to preserve the advantage they have in the distribution of not only wealth, but also of knowledge. In this way, they can secure their children future status. Socio-economic status of a parents includes things like: parents occupation, level of their education, sources of their income, type of houses they live in, dress they wear, even the type of cars they ride. All these constitute and clearly show the position or status of parents and these in turn will influence the academic performance of their children. Parents, especially those in the high economic status, that is the bourgeoisies, use to enroll their wards in a class school, or private schools, and provide them with all the necessary materials needed in the school. These include things like good school uniform, reading and writing materials, good feeding, transport from home to school, and the school fees. People of high socio-economic status do send their wards to school earlier than those from lower socioeconomic status. This implies that people in the high socio-economic status afford to enroll their wards at early age. That is, they enroll their children from nursery school which allowed them to be familiar with some of the school activities and also to learn how to read and write some alphabets and also identification of some objects and colors. Academic performance of a child or student can be seen or identified in the scores or examination grade he or she obtained at the end of final year examination. Statement of the problem. Secondary schools students or students in schools in general learns fast when all necessary materials needed are provided. These materials includes qualified teachers, reading and writing materials as well as ventilated classrooms. People usually relate examination failure to socioeconomic status of a students. That is students failed as a result of the type of home or families they came from. This simply means directly or indirectly students failed because of the poor family background, when their parents level of income is low and when the children are many and the parents cannot provide for them. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between parent’s socio-economic status and academic performance of students of senior secondary schools in katagum local government. Objectives of the study. Objective of this study are to examine; The relationship between parents’ occupation and academic performance of their children The relationship between parents’ income and academic performance of their children. The relationship between parents’ level of education and academic performance of their children |
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