Effects Of Socio-economic Background On Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background to the Study The responsibility of training a child always lies in the hands of the parents. This is congruent with the common assertion by sociologists that education can be an instrument of cultural change which is being taught from home. It is not out of place to imagine that parental economic background can have possible effects on the academic achievement of children in school. Whatsoever affect the development environment of children would possibly affect their education or disposition to it. Parental status is one of such variables. When a woman…