Impact of poverty on the academic performance of students in some selected secondary schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State.
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2018-03-15
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Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Universiy of Ilorin.
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This study investigated the impact of poverty on the academic performance of students in secondary schools in llorin south Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to Kwara State Ministry of Education, there are one hundred and twenty-six (126) private secondary schools and twenty-three (23) public secondary schools. Ten (10) secondary schools using simple random sampling techniques constituted the study sample. Stratified sampling techniques was used by the researcher to select one hundred (100) Government students from the ten (10) secondary schools selected. A number of ten (10) Government students was chosen from each of the selected schools, A researcher designed questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents while descriptive statistics of mean was used to present and analyzed the data collected. The researcher used the inferential statistic of test-retest using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The correlation coefficient (PPMCC) obtained was (r) at 0.05 alpha level.
It was revealed from the findings that substandard education, financial constraint, low cognitive capacity etc. are the factors affecting academic performance of secondary school students in llorin South LGA. Based on these findings, it was recommended that parents should try as much as possible to provide for the needs of their children so that better academic performance can be enhanced.
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Impact, Poverty, Academic Performance.