International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
IJALIS
ISSN: 2360-7858
Vol. 13(2), pp. 65 --72 March, 2025.
ISSN: 2360-7858
https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2025130
Full Length Research
Effect of Parent Income on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students Offering Biology in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State
1OWOEYE, Peter Olufemi, 2ADELEYE, Bola O. and 3DAHUNSI, Florence Tope
1Principal Librarian, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. 2Librarian 1, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. E-mail: Bola.adeleye@eksu.edu.ng 3Principal Librarian, Ekiti State University. Tel. 08034402744, E-mail: Florence.dahunsi@eksu.edu.ng
*Corresponding author’s E-mail: peter.owoeye@eksu.edu.ng
Accepted 29 March 2025
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Abstract |
This study investigated the effect of parent’s income on academic performance of secondary school students offering Biology in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The population of this study consisted 1,603 offering Biology as a subject in all fourteen (14) Secondary School in Ado Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The sample for the study consists 80 students offering Biology selected from Four (4) public Secondary School in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State using simple random sampling technique. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twenty (20) SSS 1 students offering Biology from each School, making a total of Eighty (80). Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by the researchers as well as expects Tests and measurement which yielded a reliability of 0.75. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the T - Test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to test the hypotheses. The study showed that there was no significant difference in the pre - test performance mean score of students offering Biology in experiment and control groups. The study showed that there was no significant difference in male and female performance of students offering Biology in the experiment group. The study also showed that there was no significant difference with the students that their parent's earning high and low income. It was recommended that seminar and workshops should be organized for Biology teachers to promote their teaching effectiveness, stimulate students' interest and enhance their performance in Biology.
Keywords: academic performance, secondary school students, Biology
| Cite This Article As: OWOEYE, P.O., ADELEYE, B.O., DAHUNSI, F.T. (2025). Effect of Parent Income on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students Offering Biology in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 13(2): 65-72 | |