Effect of Parental Involvement on the Academic Performance of Public Secondary School Students in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the effect of parental involvement on the academic performance of public secondary school students in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno state, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the influence of parental involvement on student's academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, to investigate whether parental involvement can improve students’ self-efficacy in public senior secondary schools in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, to examine the link between the socio-economic status of the parents and students' academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, to determine whether parent-teacher relationship influences students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State. Four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed correlational research design and the population of the study was 19,600 from public senior secondary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis. Out of this population, 363 were used as a sample of the study. The instrument used for the study was a self-developed questionnaire entitled “Effect of parental involvement on academic performance of senior public secondary school students in Maiduguri Metropolis”. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The result findings show that there is a strong positive relationship between parental involvement and student's academic performance, students' self-efficacy, the socio-economic status of parents such as educational attainment, gender, and occupation has a significant effect on students' academic performance and the relationship between the parent-teacher relationship and students' academic performance is statistically significant. Based on the findings, the recommendations were made.