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Parental Socio-economic Background And Students’ Academic Performance
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1.10Statement of Problem
Low
socio-economic status or poverty, which forms a specific culture and way
of life, is a growing issue in Nigeria, the number of Nigerians living
in poverty is continually increasing, poverty indicates the extent to
which an individual does without resources. Resources can include
financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well
as support systems, relationship, role model and knowledge of hidden
rules. Poverty or low socio-economic directly affects academic
achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success.
Low
achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous
studies have documented the correlation between low socio-economic
status and low achievement. Even in the United States of America (USA)
the gaps in achievement among poor and advantage students are
substantial (Rowan 2004).
Through multiple studies, the U.S
department of education (2001:8) has indicated result that clearly
demonstrated that student and school poverty adversely affected student
achievement the US department of education (2001) found the following
key findings regarding the effect of poverty on student achievement in a
study conducted on third through fifth grade student from 71 high
poverty schools. The student scored below norms in all years and grades
tested, student who lived in poverty scored significantly worse than
other students. Schools with the highest percentage of poor student
scored significantly worse initially, but close the gap slightly as time
progressed. Similar individual studies have found similar results. In
his fiscal 2010 budget proposal; President Obama called for neighborhood
modeled after the Harlem children’s zone to improve the lives of their
children living poverty (Aaron 2009).
The difference in performance
has also been found in the United State of America among students whose
parent receives welfare or cash income through the aid of families with
independent or private source of income. Also in Nigeria, the
performance of secondary student in internal and external examination
such as West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), NECO etc in the past
five to six years have been abysmal and nothing to write home about,
this poor performance has been attributed to poor school facilities,
lack of school needed material, poor standard of living and poverty.
These are the problems that has warrant this research work, in other to
know how this challenges can be tackled and lasting solution to be
proffered the roles of the family in promoting the academic performance
of their children good standard of living for the people, as well as the
provision of adequate learning facilities for our schools.
1.11Purpose of Study
The purpose of the study is to:
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Find out the difference in academic performance between students from
poor socio-economic background and those from high socio-economic
background.
2. Find out the extent to which parental moral, financial and material support affects student academic performance.
1.12Research Question
1.
Is there any significance difference between the performance of student
from higher socio-economic background and those from lower
socio-economic background?
2. To what extent does parental moral financial and material support affect the academic performance of students?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study analysed the parental Socio-Economic background and students’ academic performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, using the descriptive research design and the population of all the teachers and students in the Public Senior Secondary Schools a sample of 40 students and 10 teachers were randomly selected from all the four Public Senior Secondary Schools out of the 13 in Ojo Local Government Area through stratified random sampling ... Continue reading---
