Home factors and academic performance of secondary school students in West - Budama County Tororo District
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2011-05
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Kampala International University. College of Education,open distance and e-learning.
Abstract
This study was to establish the relationship between home factors; occupation of
parents, family size, parents level of education, and student home activities and
academic performance of secondary school in West — Budama county = Tororo
District. The study took a descriptive correlation design. The study population
was one hundred and fifty respondents which comprised of students. Simple
random sampling was employed. Data was measured in numbers and analyzed
with Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. The
researcher used self administered questionnaires for students. The results
showed that all the home factors jointly contributed significantly to the students’
academic performance. However, the results revealed that parents’ occupation,
family size, parents’ level of education had no separate significant contribution
towards students’ academic performance. It was students’ home activities that
had a significant contribution to student academic performance in West Budama
county = Tororo District. It was therefore concluded that; parents’ occupation,
family size, parents level of education do not have separate significant
relationships with students academic performance in West Budama — Tororo
District. However, students’ home activities have a significant relationship with
academic performance of secondary school students in West Budama = Tororo
District. The researcher therefore recommended the following; Parents need to
increase students’ home activities since they contribute significantly to students’
academic performance. Teachers, school administrators, and counselors need to
be aware of the home related factors so that they can help students to learn
better at school by counseling them. Education planners and implementers or
education policies need to have in mind these home related factors when making
policies that may work in favor of students’ academic performance bearing in
mind their home backgrounds.
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A thesis presented to the school of postgraduate studies and research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In partial fulfillment of the degree of master of arts in education management and administration.
Keywords
Home factors, Academic performance