FAMILY TYPES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS IN EKET LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study

Over the year, many educational authorities have sought to find out the reasons for the downward trend in the academic achievement of secondary school students.

Obemeta (1999) and Daramola (2000) attributed it to the students’ background that is, the type of home environment where the child is raised. They stressed that the environmental condition and the nature of social interaction that goes on in the family may have some positive or negative influence on the academic achievement of a child.

Daramola (2000) further stated that the factors affecting a child’s educational achievement include the occupational status of the parents to their children’s education and the include values transmitted by their parents.

Wilkins (2000) noted that in monogamous family, both parents show active interest in what their child is doing in school. They also encourage his reading habits and this enables him to have obvious advantage over his peer group from polygamous families. He further noted that the child from Polygamous family may have just few textbook, while the child from monogamous family may have almost all the books recommended at school. In polygamous families also, it may be the mother’s responsibility to see that the children do their home work, provide them with materials needed for academic work and, in most cases, manage to pay the children’s fees. This is contrary to what happens in the monogamous families.

The consideration of students’ family background and academic achievement is very important in teaching and learning process. This is because this study has shown that the nature of social interaction within the family can influence the child’s personality. A negative influence on a child’s emotions and psychology will consequently affect his or her academic achievement. The school is the second home of the child, therefore the social climate for learning in the school should be made conducive so that the students can do better in their academic.

An interest in student’s family background with help teachers to find out the type of family their students come from, the nature of social interactions in such families and the psychological, social and emotional problems the students are facing at home. This knowledge will assist teachers in giving students the necessary advice and counseling, on the family types and academic achievement of students in Economic, in Eket Local Government Area.

1.2 Statement of the Problems

Considering the powerful influence of the family on the child and its improvement as primary agents of socialization. There is no doubt that the academic achievement of the child can be enhanced or hindered depending on the social climate in the family.

According to Emeke (2000) stressed that the environmental condition and the nature of social interaction that goes on in the family may have some positive or negative influence on the academic achievement of a child.

Adesehinwa and Aremu (2010) (A personal communication at the world conference for psychology and counseling, Antalya Turkey) posit that factors resident in child family, society, government and the school may be composite concluded that there is a need for each of these variables to be considered extensively. Most student in secondary school experience academic problem that manifest itself in the form of academic poor achievement. Many educational authorities have sought to find out the reasons for the down trend in the academic achievement of secondary school students. (Fasanmi (2003), Aremu (2000). thus it appears that people have not yet recognized. that their family types has a great impact on their children’s academic achievement of students in Economics, in Eket Local Government Area.

1.3 Objectives of the Study

The main objectives of this study are to examine the family types and academic achievement of student in Economics, in Eket Local Government Area. Specific objectives of this study will be:

    i.        To determine the influence between socio-Economic status of monogamous families and polygamous families.

  ii.        To examine the relationship between family types (monogamy and polygamy) and the academic achievement.

iii.        To determine the difference in academic achievement of male from monogamous families and those from polygamous families.

1.4 Significance of the Study

They study will be significance in the following ways:

    i.        It will help to guide the future generation on how the type of family rear.

  ii.        It will be of immense advantage to educational planners in designing school programs that are attentive to family background.

Teachers and counselors will be able to used the results to predicts the achievement of certain student base on the influence on their type of home background, thus will afford them to help student improve their academic achievement.

1.5 Research Questions

    i.        What is the influence that determines socio-Economic status of monogamous families and polygamous families?

  ii.        Is there any significant difference in the academic achievement of students from monogamous families and those from polygamous families in Economic?

iii.        What is the difference in academic achievement of male from monogamous families and those from polygamous families?

1.6 Limitation of the Study

The limitations of this study are as follows: the financial constraint, unavailability of adequate data, the insincerity in the part of the respondent in giving out about the necessary information about the study even the guarantee confidentiality.

1.7 Definition of Terms

Family: Family is a group consisting of one or two parents and their children.

Monogamous: This is the practice or custom of having married to only one-person at a particular time.

Polygamous: This is the practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time.

Parents: A parent is a caretaker of the offspring in their species.

Students: This is a person who is studying at university or college.

Economics: Economics can be defined as a science which study human behavior as a relationship between and scarce means which have alternative uses.

Academic Achievement: This is the outcome of education, the extent to which a student, teachers or institution has achieved their educational - goals.

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