RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' BACKGROUND AND THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study examined relationship between Junior Secondary School students' Background and academic achievement in English Language in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Simple random sampling technique was use to select 100 students from five secondary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Four research questions were generated for the studies. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The research instrument titled: Questionnaire on the Relationship between Students' Background and Academic Achievement in English Language (QOTRBSBAAEL) was used for the study with reliability coefficient r = 0.75. Result revealed that parents' level of education has influence on students' academic achievement in learning English Language (x 3.00). The result also revealed that parent' occupation and income have influence on students' academic achievement (x = 2.80). The result further show that family size has low influence on student (x = 2.30). The result also show that parental motivation has influence on students' academic achievement in English Language (x 2.60). The study concluded that parents' level of education, their occupation income as well as their motivation as a background influence on students' academic achievement in English Language. It was therefore recommended that school and other stakeholders in education channel their resources to support their children's education for enhanced academic achievement.
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