Effect of Parental Socio-Economic Status on Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya
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Date
2018-04
Authors
Kiboi, Winrose Nangun
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of selected parental Socio-
Economic Status (SES) on Academic Performance (AP) of students in Secondary
Schools in Cheptais Sub-county of Bungoma County in Kenya. The objectives of this
study were: ascertain the correlation between parents‟ income and children‟s
academic performance, examine the correlation between parents‟ educational level
and children‟s academic performance and establish the correlation between parents‟
occupation and children‟s academic performance in Cheptais sub-county secondary
schools. A total of 15 head teachers, 26 class teachers, 15 guidance and counseling
staff and 820 form four students in the sub-county constituted the population.
Stratified random sampling technique was used to select eight schools of the fifteen
Schools in the district. Mugenda and Mugenda (1999) sampling formula was used to
select the respondents of the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to
select 15 students from each of the sampled schools, to give a sample size of 120
students and 8 head teachers, 8 class teachers and 8 guiding and counseling staff. The
study was limited to form four students of the existing public schools in the sub
county because the standardized results of the sub county joint evaluation test they sat
for. Data was collected through three sets of questionnaires for students, teachers and
head teachers.. Further, correlation and regression analysis were used to establish the
significance and relationship between the variables of the study. The findings of this
study were that the level of parent‟s education impacted on the student academic
performance, parental income affected on the student academic performance and
parental occupation also affected on the student academic performance. The study
therefore concluded that parental income, parental education, and parental occupation
were important antecedents of students‟ academic performance. In order to improve
students‟ academic performance, it was recommended that the government should
increase bursary allocation to needy students to retain them in school, the county to
develop appropriate systems to enhance parental education and parents to be
sensitized on the benefits of parental involvement in education
Description
A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Education of Kenyatta University