Parents socio-economic status and academic performance of the pupils in primary schools of Nsambya Central Parish Makindye Division
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2006-11
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
This study determines the Relationship between, socio-economic status and the
Academic performance of pupils in prinaryschools of Nsambya Central Parish;,
Makindye Division Kampala. It centers around the following objectives; the
relationship, between the family socio-economic status and the child academic
performance; parent’s educational level have an influence on the chlld~c
academic petformance; the influence of school environment and whether the
naturalfactors affectthe academicperformance.
This study utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods utilizing 1590 pupils
and54 teachers from PrimarySchools ofNsambya Central Parish
A researcher made questionnaire, interview observation and check lists were
used as research instruments. Frequency andpercentages, calculated mean and
factor correlation coefficient were used
The study based on a problem which is not only in the research environment but
in the whole country and the continent at large, for example almost every year
town schools outperform village schools.
The findings indicate that the parents’ sodo-economic status which indude the
parents incomes, the parents level of education, family assets and the parent’s
social position in the society proved to be the major cause of the differences in
the pupil academic performance. The following are recommended to the government:, School administrators and parents Teachers as of educational facilities should have a balanced view
of children from various S~ES background as to blend their teaching so that all
will benefit equally. Parents whether HS~S. middle LES or Low LES should
strive to provide minimum extra incentive for the children in the school.
The school administration should provide a conducive atmosphere for the
children to learn even for those who don’t opportunity to have access to extra
learning facilities at home.In conclusion, therefore, the research efforts revealed that parents’ S~ES can
greatly Influence academic performance of their children, It was revealed that
there could be other factors contributing to academic performance which were
outside the premises of this research. However,. I was able to determine a
relations,o between parentheses academic performance primarily school
children in the study area and found out that there are strong relations,os in
between the two variables.
Description
A thesis Presented to the School of post graduate studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the
Degree of Master of Education ManagementOf Kampala International University
Keywords
Parents, Socio-economic, Academic performance, Makindye-Uganda