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Item Influence of Parental economic status on educational attainment of secondary school students’ in Eti-Osa, Lagos State(Department Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 2022-03-23) Abdulaziz, I; Adegboye, S. O.; Rasheed, R AThis study investigated the relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and their children’s educational attainment. The main objective of the study was to know about different socio-economic factors (parents’ income level, parents’ education level, parents’, and occupational status) that affect students’ educational attainment in Eti-Osa local government secondary schools. This study was a descriptive study and co-relational in nature. Two hundred (200) students were sampled from the sampled schools. Demographic data of the respondents were analyzed with the use of frequency and percentages. To answer the research hypotheses, ANOVA and t-test were used at 0.05 level of significant. Finally, the study unveiled significant difference of parent’s income as regards academic attainment of the students. It was recommended that government should take some serious initiatives in uplifting the socioeconomic status of people, especially focusing on the increase of their family income, and providing education to their children to achieve good status in the societyItem Perceptions of Teachers and Students on Entrepreneurial Education as a Panacea for Sustainable Development in Kwara State, Nigeria(Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators of Nigeria (ASSEREN)., 2022-07) Adegboye, S. O.; Olokooba, I N; Rasheed, R AThe perennial problems of increased poverty, youth and graduate unemployment; overdependence on foreign goods and technology; among others have become worrisome to the government. Entrepreneurship education as a highly potent developmental strategy can therefore be used to equip the youths with the necessary skills to be se/f-reliant. However, refocusing school curriculum towards this direction provides necessary impetus for increasing innovation, employment and boosting national productivity. Hence, this study was carried out to examine the relevance of an entrepreneurship based curriculum as a panacea for alleviating poverty among Nigeria Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) students as perceived by teachers and their students. The cross-sectional survey method was adopted for the study. Researcher- designed instruments were used. Mean ratings and t-test inferential statistics were used to analyse results. Findings of the study revealed that teachers and their students had a positive perception towards the introduction of entrepreneurship- oriented curriculum for the SSS programmes and strongly posited that this proposed curriculum innovation could develop the spirit and culture of entrepreneurship and arrest unemployment problems. It was recommended that the government should create an entrepreneurially supportive environment that could he/p to develop an enterprise culture among students. .