Influence Of Family Background On Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA KWARA STATE, NIGERIA]

Research Hypotheses
    The following null hypotheses are formulated for this study.
1.    There is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of gender.
2.    There is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of religion.
3.    There is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of parent’s highest qualification.
4.    There is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of family size.
5.    There is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students in the basis of parents employment type.

Purpose of the study
The main purpose of study is to examine the influence of family background school students in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara state. (A Case Study of Okaka District) to achieve are set out as following specific objectives are set out as following.
    Examine the socio-economic and academic status of the secondary school students in the selected school in Okaka district, group the families of the sampled secondary school students into children from rich homes, poor homes and broken homes an the basis of the economic, social, academic and material status of their parents.
Using the performances of the sample students in the last two sessions, to determine the relationship between the home environment type and the academic performance of the children.
    Draw inferences from the result and make suitable recommendation to enhance academic performance in the study area.
Significance of the study
Students perform differently in their class work and other intellectual activities even though they exposed to the sane teaching experience. These individual differences teaching experience, these individual differences of students are supposed to be caused not only by hereditary/inborn factors but also by other factors. This study hopes to look at one of these factors which are the home background and its effect on the academic performance of students. This research study will be of tremendous help to mothers, class teachers and school administrators.  
The study will also assist to improve child care by mothers to know the importance of child students’ proper upbringing in relation to academic performance. The research study shows that students from rich homes educated homes who have opportunity to improve on their academic performances perform better than students from poor homes uneducated homes and who have no opportunity to improve on their own. The class teacher will be able to know how to compensate for those individual differences and also the administrators would know how to assist students who come from poor home probably by providing some of the basic facilities for their education.
Scope of the Study
    The study is limited to Ilorin South Local Government Education Authority. Thus the generalization of the finding may be limited to Okaka District.
    To generalize the findings in the whole state results have to be obtained from other Local Government Education Authority in Kwara State. This is not possible in this study due to the time and financial constraints.
    However, this is not to say that the outcome of the study does not have the same implications for educational practices.
Operational definition of terms
    The following terms are defined as used in the study.
Family background: The home environment of a child.
Student: - A person that is learning in the school.
Academic performance: - The outcome of a learning experience which is determined through test.