Correlation between Home Variables and Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Islamic Studies in Oyo North Senatorial District, Nigeria
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2024
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Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Abstract
Home factors have been identified as one of the critical determinants of students'
academic performance. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between home
variables and Islamic Studies academic performance among senior secondary school
students. The target population comprised all 31, 706 SSS 2 students in three Local
Government Areas within Oyo North Senatorial District land, with a purposive sample
size of 240 students that offered Islamic Studies across the various selected schools. A
structured questionnaire was used for data collection, yielding a reliability coefficient of
0.87 after validation and testing. Performance in Islamic studies was determined using
the Islamic Studies Performance Test (ISPT), while demographic information and
research questions were answered using frequency and percentage analysis. Pearson
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) at a significance level of 0.05 tested
research hypotheses. The findings showed that socio-economic status had a strong
positive relationship with academic achievement in Islamic Studies among senior
secondary school students in Oyo North Senatorial District (r.cal.=149, p.<0.05).
Additionally, family type also had significant positive effects on their academic
performances (r.cal.=114, p.<0.05). Based on these results, it is concluded that high
parental socio-economic status has considerable influence over senior secondary school
student's performance in Islamic studies within Oyo North Senatorial District; also, intact
families positively affect them too. Therefore, it is recommended that parents should
strive to improve their socio-economic status by attaining higher education levels or
occupying high social positions while improving financial stability; furthermore, living
together as an intact family unit could enhance their child's educational outcomes
significantly.
Description
An empirical research
Keywords
Home variables, academic performance, Islamic Studies, socio-economic status, family type, intact, broken
Citation
2. Owoyale-Abdulganiy, Abdur-Rafiu, J. & Sanusi, R.A. (2024). Correlation between Home Variables and Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Islamic Studies in Oyo North Senatorial District, Nigeria. Rima International Journal of Education (RIJE), 3 (1) 38–47, Published by Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria. https://rijessu.com/volume-3-issue-1/