PARENTAL INFLUENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, CROSS RIVER STATE - NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The study was to find out the parental influence of secondary school students' academic achievement in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state. To achieve the purpose of this study, three null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study related and relevant literatures was reviewed based on the variables and hypothesis formulated ex-post-facto research design was adopted for the study. This is because the variables of the study have interacted or already occurred before the time of this research and the researcher has no control over it. A total of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents sample represented the entire population of the study through random sampling technique. The main instrument used for data collection was questionnaire titled parental influence and academic achievement of secondary school students' questionnaire" (PLAASSSQ) the questionnaire was administered and retrieved by the researcher. The statistical tool sued for the study is frequency count, simple count, percentage and all variables were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the findings, the study recommended that parents should see thigh and positive standard for their children.