Influence Of Parents And Home Environment On The Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.0 Introduction

This chapter summarizes the findings into “The Influence Of Parents And Home Environment On The Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students In Oredo LGA, Edo State”. The chapter consists of summary of the study, conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for further studies.

• Summary Of Study

In this study, our focus was to examine “The Influence Of Parents And Home Environment On The Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students In Oredo LGA, Edo State. The study specifically was aimed at examining  the influence of parental involvement on academic performance. It reveled the extent at which family size and situations affect academic performance. It examined the extent at which parents occupations affect academic performance. It also examined the influence of high and low parental educational level affect  academic achievement of secondary school  student in Egor local Government.A total of 120 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are student of four selected secondary school in Egor, Edo State.

• Conclusion

Conclusion from findings of  the study reveled the following:

• Parent with adequate income are likely to be provided with high quality education from the nursery up the university land. Given this opportunity, it is likely that such student will be less delinquent than their counterpart from poorer homes and would enhance their attitude towards learning learning greater academic performance
• That of family size and situation has to a high extent an impact on the students’ academic performance. The greater the family size, the lower the education attainment of children/students.
• Parents with high occupational rank are able to provide the necessary incentive for their children learning, with high income level, they are able to provide better nourishment for their family while students from low parental occupation status have little opportunities to go to school because their parents lack adequate income to provide them with high quality education thus enhances the student education achievement.
• parental educational background significantly relate to students’ academic performance. However Parents with high educational attainment and high income level are often more success in preparing their children for school because they have access to a wide range of resources to promote and support their children school.

5.3       RECOMMENDATION

Based on the responses obtained, the researcher proffers the following recommendations:

1. Parent should improve their parenting style and their involvement in their children’s academic activities to enhance their performance.
2. Parents of low socio-economic status should be empowered by the Government to enable them provide for basic needs for their children. Thus, enhances their academic performance in Biology.
3. Government should build more school close to resident and rural areas and make provision for free school bus to enable children from poor homes to acquire education.
4. Parent –teacher interactions should be encouraged. By this, students from poor home environment will be compensated.
5. Counseling psychologist should be employed to schools to identify, advice and comfort students from poor homes and background. This will go a long way to improve their academic performance.
6. Seminar and workshop should be regularly organized for parents of the effect of large family size. This will enable them to provide basic education needs for their children. Thus, enhances their academic performance.
7. Government and educational stakeholders should endeavour to provide students facilities like Libraries, laboratories, etc. so as to improve students’ academic performance.