Home environmental factors affecting students’ academic performance in Abia State, Nigeria
2014
Obeta, A.O., Michael Okpara Univ. of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State (Nigeria). Dept. of Home Economics, Hotel Management and Tourism
The study determined some home environmental factors affecting the academic performance of students in Abia State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Three research questions guided the study. The data were generated using structured questionnaire. A sample of 200 respondents from both junior and senior secondary school students and their parents were drawn through simple random sampling technique from secondary schools in the study area. Descriptive statistics example frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyze the data collected. The finding of the study revealed among others that none provision of adequate educational material by parents and non- cha-lant attitudes of some parents towards the education of their children as well as the socio- economic status of the student’s family, all affect the students’ academic performance. Also revealed by the study are possible way of amelioration which among others includes giving proper orientation to the parents, on the implication and consequences of the type of family they may decide to adopt on the child’s overall being especially the child’s academic performance. Based on the findings it was recommended that parents no matter their busy schedule should make out time to sit down with their children or wards and check their children’s academic work, direct them where necessary, discuss the academic problems of their children with their teachers or school guidance counsellors so as to detect the students problem early enough and tackle it before it affects the students.
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