THE IMPACT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
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ABSTRACT
The study examined the impact of family background on the academic performance on primary school pupils. More specifically, the study sought to assess the academic performance within sound family background and paltry family background in primary schools. The study consist of all primary schools pupils in AMAC, Abuja, simple random sampling technique was use to pick the respondents and 122 primary schools pupils were selected.
100% respondents duly participated in the survey. A well- developed questionnaire was designed to elicit information from the respondents.
The data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics technique and the chi-square was employed to test the stated hypotheses at 0.05% significance level. Result from the study indicated that parents’ educational level, occupation, family size and level of motivation are key variables of family background that significantly influences the academic achievement of pupils. Also pupils’ from sound family background naturally tend to perform better than their peers from paltry family background.
Base on this, the study advised that pupils should be encouraged, monitored, motivated and supported by their parents and teachers.
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