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Parental Socio-economic Background And Students’ Academic Performance
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1.13Research Hypothesis
H1:
There is no significant difference between the academic performance of
student from poor socio-economic background and those from high
socio-economic background.
H2: There is no significant relationship
between parental moral, financial and material support and student
academic performance.
H3: There is no significant difference in parental occupation and student academic performance.
1.14Significance of the Study
The
significance of this study lies in the fact that it will help to look
into the effect of the socio-economic status of parent on the academic
performance of the secondary school students. It all serves as a clue to
the problem of low standard of living and poor academic performance of
students in Nigeria. It also helps to make recommendation as to how
student from low socio-economic background can be stimulate to achieve
better academic performance.
1.15Scope of the Study
The study will
cover the performance of senior secondary school in Ojo local
government area and look at the effect of parental status on their
academic performance. Hence, research will be restricted to secondary
schools in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.16Limitation to the Study
Due to the limited time available for the research this study will be limited by finance, inavailability of data.
1.17Definition of Terms
Education:
A process of teaching, training learning and transmission of one’s
culture, knowledge, skills and information from one generation to
another.
Social Class: Social classification is a large category of
people within a system of social stratification who have similar
socio-economic statues in relation to other segment of their community
or society.
Family: Family is a group of person united by the ties of
marriage, blood, adoption, consisting of single households, interacting
and intercommunicating with each others in their respective social role
of husband and wife, mother and father, brother and sister creating
common culture.
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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---
