• Socio-economic Status Of Parents And Students' Academic Performance
    [A CASE STUDY OF LAGELU GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE]

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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT COMING SOON ... Continue reading---

         

      QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIXQUESTIONNAIRE                                                                                             UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN                                                                                             FACULTY OF EDUCATION                                   ... 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 TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]With these poor performances of students in Oyo State, observation has been traced to different problems.   Measurement of Socio-Economic Status of the Parents and Students’ Academic Performance    Parent’s socio-economic status is based on family income, parental education level, parental occupation, and social class in the community (such as contacts within the community, group associations, and the community’s perception of the family). Despite all the research and p ... 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---