PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL CARE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONITSHA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE
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Parental Care, Parental Participation, Academic Performance, Secondary SchoolsAbstract
The main purpose of the study was to investigate influence of parental care on the academic performance of secondary school students in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study. The population of the study was made up of all parents of children in secondary schools in Onitsha South Local Government Area. The categories of parents involved in the study include civil servants, artisans, and traders. The rate of mobility of parents in the area is high. People come and go on transfer and people who are self-employed might decide to relocate to another area and so this makes it difficult to determine specifically the number of parents in Awka South Local Government Area. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 70 parents, 10 parents from each of the seven communities in Onitsha South. The communities are Omagba Layout Phases 1 & 2, inland Town, GRA, Federal Housing Estate Trans Nkisi GRA, Akpaka, Odoakpu and Ose. A structured validated questionnaire was used to collect data for the study and the reliability of the instrument was determined through a pilot test. Mean was used to answer the research questions. The finding of the study revealed that parents helping with their children homework, parents participating in school events and parents providing supportive home environment influences the academic performance of secondary school students in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Based on these findings the researcher concludes that parental care influences academic performance of secondary school students in Onitsha South LGA of Anambra State. The researcher therefore recommended among others that Parents as a matter of importance should actively be involved in their children’s academic activities by helping them in their homework based on the instructions of the teachers
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