Abstract
The ultimate goal of this research is to examining the effect of parental social status on the educational achievement of secondary school students of Ewu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area Of Delta State. To carry out the research, four research questions were stated, the study employed a survey research design and the population of the study comprises of selected Secondary Schools in Ewu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The study adopted the simple random sampling techniques to determine the population of the study. Data for the Study were collected using research developed questionnaire. In analyzing the data collected, the researcher used the simple arithmetic percentage and chi-square procedure to answer the research questions. The data analyzed revealed the effect of social status of parents on student’s academic achievement in secondary schools; and finally both private and Public Secondary Schools respectively. Based on these finding, some recommendations were made at the end of the study.
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Academic achievement is the outcome of education, the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their educational goals. Academic achievement has also been described as the scholastic standard of student at a given moment. This scholastic standard could be explained in term of the grades obtained in a course or group of courses. Achievement is a measure to output and the main output in education are expressed in term of learning that is change in knowledge, skills and attitudes of individual as a result of their experiences within the school system. It is also regarded as the level of attainment of a person in an examination that is, how an individual is able to demonstrate his/her abilities. Students achievement in an examination is being depend on his/her cumulative grade point average. The only measure of academic achievement of school leavers is the attainment of senior secondary school examination.
However reports of the past two year about the standard of academic achievement in the secondary school level have shown very poor due to the fact that a lot of factors that influence student achievement have not been address properly in the educational system. The following are some of the factors, namely, student individual difference, parent academic socialization, students first few years of life, environmental factors, poor classroom conditions, curriculum inadequacies, peer group influence, Jack of home support, teaching methods, lack of instructional material, poor reading habit. These reasons mighty perhaps have led to the remarks made by OECD (2010) that many young people do not learn much in developing countries.
The responsibility of training a child always lies in the hand of their parents. One of the major roles of the family is the education of students in order to make them useful members in the society in the present and later age, and as such education starts with the parents especially the mother who is expected to inculcate the basic ethics of living into the child. It is generally believed that education can be an instrument of a cultural change which is being taught from home is relevant in this discuss. It is not out of place to imagine that parental socio economic background can have possible effects on the academic achievement of students in school. Whatsoever affect that developmental environment of students would possibly affect their education.
According to Rothesteir 2003 has asserted as follows: ‘parents of different occupational classes often have different styles of child rearing, different ways of disciplining their students and different ways of reacting to their students. These differences do not express themselves consistently expected in the case of every family; rather they influence the average tendencies of families for different occupational classes.
In line with above assertion, hill how many of them? had also regard that social status of parents do not only affect the academic achievements, but also makes possible for students from low background to compete well with their counterparts from high social background under same academic environment. Smith, Faga and Wvund (2002) had asserted that significant predictor of intellectual achievement at age of 8 years included parental social status.
In the same vein, other researchers had posited that parental social status could affect school students as to bring about flexibility to adjustment to the different school schedules (Guerin et al, 2001). In a previous local finding in Nigeria, Oni (2002) and Omoegun (2007) had averred that there is significant difference between the rates of deviant, behavior among students from high and low social status.
The health status of the students which could also be traceable to parental social background can be another factor that c affect the academic achievement of the students. Adeivale (2002) bad reported that in rural community where nutritional status is relatively [ow and health problems are prevalent, students academic achievements 5 greatly hindered. This assertion is again hinged nature of parental social background. Moreover, Eze (1996) had opinion that the ability to interact with optimal advantage of the full complement of resources offered by any formal learning environment is enhanced.
The foregoing discussion had established that Social stats and host of other factors relating to home environment of students, such as educational background of parents, health status of students, parental occupation and family size could have effect on students academic achievement.
It is again this background that this work is being undertaken to empirically investigate the possible effect of these factors on student’s academic achievement in selected schools in the state. This study is aimed at investigating the possibility of parental social background playing a significant role on student’s academic achievement taking some selected secondary schools in Ewu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
I 2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The popular saying among parents in the country is that the standard of education has fallen and they based their judgments on the inability of their students to find solution to question on the various subject learnt in school. They also blame teachers for not being dedicated to their job. They forget that the different behavior put by students whether socially accepted or not is mostly influence by their home social status.
Therefore the problem in this investigation is to find out if there is any difference in the student3s academic achievement in relation to parents educational attainment, family size and parent’s occupation.
1. 3 PURPOSE OBJECTIVE
The general purpose and objective of this study is to investigate how the social status of parents affects the academic achievement of students in the educational system, Secondly it is prepared to compared the level of academic achievement of students from difference social status in the secondary school level, such finding will give an insight into how and why some students perform poorly or excellence in school.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
1. How does the social status of parent affect the academic achievement of students?
2. Is there any difference in academic achievement between students that come from educated parent and those who came from home of illiterate parents?
3. Is there any difference in the academic achievement of students that come from a family size of three siblings and students that comes from family size of four and above?
4. Is there any difference in the academic achievement of students from low occupational background and students from high occupational background?
1.5 HYPOTHESIS
The following hypothesis will be tested in this research work.
I. There will be a significant difference in the academic achievement of students who come from educated home and those who comes from home of illiterate parents.
II. There will be no difference in the academic achievements of students that come from a family size of three sibling and students that comes from a family size of four and above.
III. There will be a significant difference in the academic achievement of students from a family of low occupational background and students from whose parent are high in occupational background.
1.6 Significant OF STUDY
IV. The result of the study will help the school administration in planning and revising the curriculum program of the school in relations to the difference of student social status.
V. Secondly, to the guidance counselors, they will be given information as bases in guiding and counseling students with low academic achievement.
VI. To the classroom teacher, they will be guided to be flexible in dealing and handling students with different socio economic background and will be given on what are the things to do to improve in the lower class family.
VII. To the students, it will help the student to develop self-confident to exceed academically, motivated by their parent.
VIII. Another significant of this study will be beneficial to parents, because the attention of the government will be drawn to the danger which lack of parent’s education; occupation can do to students, the future leaders of the country and to the country in general. The government will therefore take steps to provide education and job opportunities for these parents; this will make them aware of the need for favorable environment that will encourage students to perform well in school.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study is limited to some selected schools in Ewu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state. five selected schools would be selected for this study.
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This research work generally concentrated on the social status of parents and its effect on the academic achievement of students in four (4) selected secondary schools in Ewu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Other limitation of the research work is the experience by the researchers.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: This is the total outcome of education, the extent to which a student, teacher has achieved it educational goals.
SOCIAL STATUS: This is an economic and sociological combination total measure of a persons work experience and of an individual’s or family economic and social position in relation to others bases on income, education and occupation.
"THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL SOCIAL STATUS ON THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CASE STUDY OF EWU COMMUNITY IN UGHELLI SOUTH L.G.A DELTA STATE"
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