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Socio-economic Status Of Parents And Students' Academic Performance
[A CASE STUDY OF LAGELU GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE] -
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Students’ Academic Performance in Nigeria
In educational institutions, success is measured by academic performance or how well a student meets standards set out by government or the institution itself. Students who fail to meet the set standards are often said to have failed. Academic performance is the outcome of education – the extent to which a student, teacher or an institution has achieved their educational goals. It is often measured by examination or continuous assessment
The performance of the students in the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) has been mass failure in recent times. The recurrence has remained a source of concern to parents, government and even the students. The performance of students in the two examinations has been fluctuating over the years and the problem has been attributed to so many challenges faced by the students which include distractions, social vices, poor incentives for teachers, lack of good libraries and laboratories, and also dearth of qualified teachers. Others include students in ability to study and prepare for the exams, inability of teachers and parents to prepare the students adequately, government’s failure to provide suitable environment for learning and lack of teaching and learning materials in our schools. Statistics from the NECO office indicates that during the November 2011 (NECO) exam, Oyo State had 6,579 cases of examination malpractice followed by Adamawa State with 36 cases. Also in 2012, a total of 21,274 cases of exams malpractices were recorded across the country with Kano State second with 238 cases.
A total of 139,827 candidates that sat for the same examination in 2011 bagged five credits including Mathematics and English language, and 159,615 students or 37.97% of the total candidates that participated in the exam in 2012 got five credits including Mathematics and English language. Also, statistics for the 2011/2012, June/July NECO SSCE indicates that only 22% got at least credit in English and about 25% in Mathematics.
For the 2015 WASSCE, Oyo State came 26th out of the 36 States. With 78,896 candidates that Oyo State presented, only 16,588 of them obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics. The position of Oyo State in the last five years in WAEC is shown below:
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIXQUESTIONNAIREÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â UNIVERSITY OF ILORINÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FACULTY OF EDUCATIONÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Research HypothesesThe following null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.Main HypothesisHo: There is no significant relationship between socio-economic status of parents and students' academic performance in Lagelu Local Government Area, Oyo State.Operational HypothesesHo1: There is no significant relationship between educational status of parents and students' academic performance in Lagelu Local Government Area, Oyo State.Ho2: There is no significant relationship between ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODOLOGYThis chapter provides explanation on the study design considered appropriate for the investigation, the population, sample and sampling technique, instrumentation, validity and reliability of the instrument, procedure for data collection and method of data analysis.   Research designA good number of people in the target population should be reached for a study’s conclusions to be generalised. Therefore, the survey research design was employed in order ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Operational HypothesesHO1:   There is no significant relationship between educational status of parents and students' academic performance in Lagelu Local Government Area, Oyo State.As shown in Table 2, the calculated r-value of .312 is greater than the critical r- value of .195 at .05 level of significance for 198 degrees of freedom. The null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between educational status of parents and students’ academic performance wa ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Conclusion   From the results, it is obvious that socio-economic status enhances the level of students’ academic performance. With the results of the analyses and factors under consideration, the following factors contribute positively to students’ academic performance good parental background, parents’ occupation, as well as educational status of parents.RecommendationsBased on the findings, the following recommendations were put forward:1.   Government ... Continue reading---
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