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Influence Of Social Economic Background On Secondary School Student Perception Of Their School Learning Environment
[A CASE STUDY OF CALABAR MUNICIPALITY, CROSS RIVER STATE]
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
The
notion that the standard of education has fallen, has generated a lot of
arguments among scholars and educationists. Teachers, government and
students are often blamed for this phenomenon without investigating
other factors that could hinder high standard of education. Every child
in school performs differently in terms of academics, which may either
be positive or negative. Experience has shown that among the secondary
school students there are variations in the type of schools children
attend. Peters (2000) observed that most parents seem to be more
interested in the feeding and clothing of their children than in their
educational progress. Some parents do not care about teaching and
encouraging their children at home. They believe that the school
teachers will do everything.
It has been observed that many students
do not pass well in both internal and external examinations such as West
African School Certificate (WASC), National Examination Council (NECO)
and Junior Secondary School Certificate (JSSC). Obanya (2004),
Ebenuwa-Okoh (2010), and Atanda & Jaiyeoba (2011) noted that some of
the factors responsible for the low performance of students in schools
are low socio-economic status of parents and lack of seriousness on the
part of the students. There is poor students’ academic performance and
achievement in public senior secondary schools as a result of parental
socio-economic status or background. These status includes; parental
level of education, parental occupation, the family population or size
and parental level of income. Some scholars like, Uba, (2016), Oti,
(2008) and Owen (2009) have actually carried out studies on the
relationship between parental socio- economic status and students’
career choice in Rivers State. In this case, emphases were not given to
the students’ academic performance which has necessitated this research
or study. In the light of this, this study intends to find out the
relationship between Social Economic Background On Secondary School
Student Perception Of Their School Learning Environment In Calabar
Municipality, Cross River State.
1.3 Objective of the Study
The
main purpose of the study is to examine the Influence of Social Economic
Background On Secondary School Student Perception Of Their School
Learning Environment In Calabar Municipality, Cross River State.
Specifically, the study sought:
1. To find out the extent of the
relationship between educational attainment level of parents and
academic performance of students in Senior Secondary Schools.
2. To
determine the extent of the relationship between income levels and
academic performance of students in Senior Secondary Schools.
3. To
determine the extent of the relationship between parents occupation and
academic performance of students in Senior Secondary Schools.
1.4 Research Questions
For the purpose of this research work, the following research questions have been formulated:
1.
What is the extent of the relationship between educational attainment
level of parents and academic performance of students in senior
secondary schools in Calabar Municipality?
2. What is the extent of
the relationship between income levels of parents and academic
performance of students in senior secondary schools in Calabar
Municipality?
3. What is the extent of the relationship between
parents’ occupation and academic performance of students in senior
secondary schools in Calabar Municipality?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the Influence Of Social Economic Background On Secondary School Student Perception Of Their School Learning Environment In Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. To achieve the purpose of the study, the researcher developed three (3) objectives, research questions and null hypotheses that guided the conduct of the study. The research design used for the study is a correlational research design. The population of the study consists of all the teachers and SS II students in pu ... Continue reading---
