EFFECT OF PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND TYPES OF PARENTHOOD ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY FIVE BASIC SCIENCE PUPILS (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
ABSTRACT
This study aims at examining the effect of parental educational attainment and types of parenthood on pupil’s academic performance of primary five (5) basic sciences in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. To collect information on this; an inventory record were administered to some selected primary schools. Some of the items in the inventory record include; gender of pupils, parents’ educational attainment, types of parenthood. All research questions were tested. All questions were not reflected as a result of the findings.
As a result of the findings the following Hypothesis were made;
- There is no significant differences among the performance of primary five (5) basic science pupils of different parental educational attainment. Since α= 0.05<0.935
- There is no significant differences between the performance of primary five (5) basic science pupils of single and double parent. Since α= 0.05<0.974.
- There is no significant differences between the performance of male and female primary five (5) basic science pupils. Since α= 0.05<0.0116.
As a result of the findings, the following recommendation were also made;
- A support group and counseling services should be made available for pupils in the school.
- Parent should be advised during parent/teachers association meeting to pay special attention to their children academic progress instead of only concentrating on their various occupations to the utter request of their children.
- The government should release enough funds into schools and try to monitor its spending to ensure that basic school needs of the students are met.
CHAPTER 0NE
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Education is the primary agent of transformation towards sustainable development. It increases peoples capacities to transform their visions for society into reality. All countries strive for quality education for their sustainable development. The government of Nigeria like any other African country, consider education as a fundamental human right and an essential means to ensure that all Nigeria realize their full potentials. It places special emphasis on basic education as a priority area within the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) because of the strong correlation between education and improved economic opportunities, better life and fewer children ( family planning), especially for girls.
The Government of Nigeria cannot satisfy educational needs of its increasing population, so the private sector also plays a great role in educational development by creating schools known as private schools which operate at all levels of education from nursery to the tertiary and enroll a good number of people. In the past, the historical growth in enrollment was largely a public sector phenomenon, involving schools financed almost entirely by the government amd managed either by the government itself or, in the case of private subsidized schools, b churches and other organizations ( World Bank 2004).
Good parenting promotes and support the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parents who are the major stakeholders in the business of parenting play vital roles in the course of rising up their children. As such they decide what is to be learnt by their children. Lareur (2002) observed that parents are expected to make decisions about their childs education.
Also, parents play modeling role to their children, the children watch them and imitate them either they engage in wrong doing or in right attitude, the absolute control of parents over their children depends on so many factors and these factors have a long a way to go in the entire progress of their children. Kettner (2008) opined that terms of education without much stress.
