IMPACT OF FAMILY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MBAITLOU L.G.A

This paper investigated the impact of family environmental factors on the academic achievement of secondary school students in Mbaitolu L.G.A. The design adopted for this study was a correlation design. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised all public secondary schools students in Mbaitolu giving a total of 5,651 students. Only two hundred and eighty three (283) respondents constituted the sample for the study. A structured questionnaire which was validated by experts in measurement and evaluation, psychology and sociology was used for data collection. To ascertain the reliability of the instrument, test-re-test method of interval of two weeks was done, using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Statistics and a reliability coefficient ‘r’ of 0.82 was obtained. Mean statistics, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Statistics and One Way ANOVA at P<0.05 level of significance was used to analyzed the data collected. It was revealed that a significant relationship exists between parents attitude and students academic achievement. There was also a significant difference on the academic achievement of students based on their parent’s educational qualifications economic status and occupational level. This implies that parental educational level, socio-economic status, attitude and occupation has serious influence on students’ academic achievement. Based on the above findings, it was recommended among others, that parents should as a necessity intensify their efforts at monitoring, showing more interest as well as creating needed time for their children’s academic activities. Ministry of Education, school administrators and local authorizes should come up with frequent community based forum that are especially in their children’s education.