Benue State University, Makurdi

Influence of Parental income position on students’ academic performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Nigeria

Dr. F. R. Ogunshola National Open University of Nigeria, Garki, Abuja,

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of parental income position on students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Abuja Municipal Area (AMAC), Nigeria. Two research questions were raised while one null hypothesis was formulated and tested to guide the study. This study adopted the descriptive survey and ex-post facto research design. The study used a sample of 12 out of 24 public senior secondary schools in AMAC, which was 50%of the population. The data for the study were gathered through copies of the questionnaire that were administered to 367 students, and the result of 17602 students in West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in five subjects including English language and Mathematics from 2012 to 2017. The method of selection was through simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire tagged “Parental Income Position Questionnaire” (PIPQ) was pilot tested and reliability co-efficient of 0.81 was obtained. Furthermore, mean, frequency, standard deviation and percentage were used to answer the research questions while Pearson’s product-moment correlation co-efficient was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between parental income position and students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in AMAC. The findings of this study have led the researcher to conclude that parental income position influenced students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in AMAC. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that, parents should endeavor to pay the school fees of their children on time.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE (CLICK)