The Effect Of Socio-economic Status Of Parents On The Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students

The Effect Of Socio-economic Status Of Parents On The Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how parental socioeconomic position affected their children’s performance in secondary school in the Obubra Local Government Area of Delta State. It is true that a student’s academic success in school is influenced by the home he or she was raised in. Students were given questionnaires to complete so the researcher could assess the topic of how parents’ socioeconomic situation affects their children’s academic performance. The data was analyzed using simple percentages. This was done in order to test the three research questions adequately.

1. Is there a connection between the amenities offered at home and students’ academic success?

2. Is there a connection between parents’ jobs and their support of their children’s academic achievement?

3. Is there a connection between a student’s academic success and the type of household they come from.

The data analysis yielded the following conclusions. Academic achievement is affected by the amenities supplied at home. The work that parents do affects how well their children do in school. Student achievement is not impacted by the nature of the family.

Chapiter 1

Introduction

The Study’s History

It is impossible to overstate the importance of education in raising kids. Every society should educate its children since they will contribute to the overall growth and development, lowering the rate of crime and illiteracy in the community. After all, today’s youth will be the leaders of future. In order for this to become apparent, specific traits including abilities, habits, attitudes, moral ideals, and prohibitions against undesirable ones need be ingrained in the person. In order for them to positively impact both the society and themselves, they need get a mix of official and informal education.

Education professionals are very interested in how parents’ socioeconomic situation affects their children’s behavior and aptitude for learning. If such an effect occurs, it is thought to vary significantly depending on how sophisticated the learning contingencies this component offers.

But all we see in the world these days is parents who don’t care about their kids’ education. This is accomplished in a variety of ways, such as the fact that parents no longer stay at home to look after their children’s affairs because of the visitors who depend on them for survival. Some of these kids grow up to cause issues for the family and occasionally for society as a whole since they are not given the right care as children. This is merely a result of their lack of interest in pursuing education. Academic success is also influenced by funding, the availability of resources, and other factors. If pupils from school A perform better academically than those from school B, the issue is likely with the aforementioned issues. Because of the notion of individual differences, children’s academic success may be demotivating even if parents are prepared to raise them. Even though some people are given sufficient care, you still find that they are unable to function in the system, which results in their failure or low academic performance.

One of the things that contributes to students’ low performance in secondary schools is said to be the home. Philosophers have always been interested in the issues of why students succeed or fail in school. The pupils’ upbringing, the state of their homes physically, their genetic make-up, and the teachers’ inadequate teaching methods have all been suggested as potential solutions and have drawn a lot of interest. One of the most important things that affect secondary school students is their socioeconomic background.

With the use of these observations, it was possible to link the low academic achievement of secondary school kids to the attitudes of their parents, their socioeconomic situation, their family size, etc. This study’s primary objective is to investigate the impact of parental socioeconomic status on secondary school pupils’ academic performance in Delta State’s Obubra Local Government Area. In the course of the study, the researcher hopes to anonymously offer answers to the majority of these issues.

Summary Of The Problem

Because they believe that the quality of education today has declined, parents’ failure to understand that the home has a significant impact on a child’s ability to perform well poses a critical concern.

According to some academics, the issue’s immediate and long-term causes work against the socioeconomic status of students’ accomplishment in secondary schools. The governments, along with socioeconomic position, family size, educational background, effects of the home, site of residence, family structure, peer group effects, and other factors, are partially to blame for the country’s weak economy, which prevents parents from being able to send their children to school.

Objective Of The Study

The major goal of this study is to determine how parents’ socioeconomic level affects secondary school students’ academic performance as well as how much their educational status has an impact on students’ academic performance. For this reason, the study is being conducted in order to offer potential answers that could aid in resolving the social issues.

Study Questions

Several of the research’s issues a study on the impact of parents’ socioeconomic condition on the academic performance of secondary school kids in Delta state’s Obubra Local Government Area.

Does a student’s socioeconomic situation have an impact on their academic performance?

Do you believe that parents play a role in their children’s academic success?

Do parents’ jobs have an impact on their children’s academic performance?

Do you believe that students’ academic success is impacted by family size?

Do you believe that pupils’ academic success is impacted by family structure?

Necessity Of The Study

The educational planner will be assisted by this study in developing school curricula and programs that respond to parental demands for their children’s academic success. It will also assist in reawakening the family and society as a whole from their youth’s educational careers.

The researcher’s findings will assist instructors, educators, curriculum specialists, and school administrators in devising strategies for addressing the needs of kids from diverse family environments. Additionally, this will enable the kids to recognize how they personally contribute to their lackluster academic performance. Through this discovery, society can contribute to the provision of educational facilities, including high-quality classrooms, qualified teachers, chairs, desks, practical equipment, etc., to raise the educational standards of the kids.

Objectives Of The Study

The Obubra Local Government Area in Delta state is the only area covered by this study. The researcher will concentrate on secondary schools in the local government mentioned above.

Term Definitions

STATUS: A person’s, a group’s, or a nation’s legal standing.

SOCIO: pertaining to trade, industry, and the growth of a nation, region, or society’s wealth.

Influence is the result of something having an impact on how someone feels, acts, or how something functions or evolves.

Plays, concerts, and other entertainment are examples of performances.