Influence of Family Background on Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School History Students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State

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dc.contributor.authorALABI, Jimoh Adeniyi
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-19T10:02:34Z
dc.date.available2025-02-19T10:02:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-12
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the influence of family background on academic performance of Senior Secondary School History students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The population comprised of all 450 History students in 80 Public Senior Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 schools from 80 Senior Secondary Schools in the Metropolis, which consist Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West Local Government Area respectively. The target population was SS 2 History students, while Krejcie and Morgan Table was adopted to select 210 out of 450 History students from the Senior Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Family Background and Academic Performance Questionnaire (FBAPQ)” with a reliability coefficient of 0.69 was used for data collection in the study. The hypotheses formulated in the study were tested using t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that there was significant difference in academic performance of History students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State based on parental occupation, parental level of income and parental educational background. Based on the findings, it is recommended that parents and guardians should devote more time for the children at home and pay serious attention to the academic needs of their children. Similarly, government, educators and policy makers should gear up action to integrating parents into the educational activities of their wards.
dc.identifier.issn2616-1311
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/14783
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
dc.relation.ispartofseries2; 1
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectFamily background
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.titleInfluence of Family Background on Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School History Students in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
dc.typeArticle

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