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The Relationship Between Parental Academic Background And Primary School Pupils’ Academic Performance
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Table 4.5 showed that a good percentage of them indicated that the educational level of parents encourage the pupils to work harder and achieve their goals (30.6%) whereas others indicated that it helped the students to aim higher in their educational circles (30.6%).
On the other hand, slightly less than a quarter of the PTA members (22.2%) indicated that parental level of education encouraged the students to set goals to guide them in their studies as well as life. Further, the school principals also had their response regarding the influence that the educational level of parents had on the academic performance of the students. Most of the principals reported that indeed the level of education that a parent possessed did have a positive influence on the performance of the students. In fact, one of the principals went on ahead and reported that:
The level of education possessed by a parent has a positive influence on the performance of his/her children in school. This is simply because; a parent who is highly educated is in a better position of offering mentorship to the child as well as acting as a role model in his/her educational journey. (Principal 1, 2014)
From the above presentations, it can be deducted that indeed the parental academic background influences the performance of a child to a greater extent. It stands as a motivational aspect to child for higher performance as compared to their parents. This finding however contradicts with some earlier findings made by Shapiro (2009) on his study entitled “Parental Education Level: Academic Involvement and Successâ€. The study found that parental education level is not an important factor in the academic success of students.
4.4 Parent’s Attitude to Education and Performance of pupils in Schools
This study was set to examine the influence of parent’s attitude to education on the academic performance of pupils in primary schools in Saki-west LG. To begin with, the pupils were asked to indicate their extent of agreement on various statements regarding the influence of parents’ attitude to education on their academic performance. Table 4.6 shows a summary of the responses on the influence of their parents’ attitude towards their education.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study So many reasons have been advanced for the poor performance of pupils in schools prominent, among them is the role of the teachers and Parents seem to depend only on teachers with the belief to change or transform their children to academic experts overnight and anything that falls below this expectation makes the teachers conduct unacceptable. Few people care to think of other factors resp ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 11 ]The responsibilities are overwhelming. They are accountable for the entire family income, maintaining a home, nutrition needs and child rearing. The influx of women to the workforce is another reason for less time spent with children. Naomi Freundlich (1997) reported a whopping 50% of the workforce is comprised of women and 55% of all women contribute more than half of their family’s income. Finding a balance for fulfilling traditional family roles of housekeeper and caregiver and attaini ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREE3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY3.0 IntroductionThis chapter deals with all the activities involved in the collection of all necessary data and information required for the research project. The chapter is set out to describe in full the following:The research designThe source of dataThe characteristics of the population of studyThe sample and sampling techniquesThe method of data collection3.1 Research Design Research design is a detailed plan outlin ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] CHAPTER FIVE5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION5.1 IntroductionThis chapter discusses summary of the findings, conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions for further research following research objectives.5.2 Summary of the findingsThe purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of parental academic background on pupil’s academic performance in primary schools in SWLG, Saki. Data were collected using the questionnaires as the main res ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]REFERENCESAdewale, A. M. (2002). Implication of parasitic infections on school performance among school-age children. Ilorin Journal of science education. Vol.2 Pp.78-81.Alberta Education & Patricia Makenzie . (2003) .Alberta’s commission on learning.Alldred, P., & Edwards, R.. (2000). A Tlogy of parental involvement in education Centering on children and young people: Negotiating familiarization, Institutionalization and individualization. British Journal of Sociology of ... Continue reading---
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