A Critical Analysis Of Parents Socio Economic Status As It Affects The Academic Performance Of Ogun State College Of Health Technology Students In a Covid-19 Era

Abstract

This study investigated parents’ socio economic status as it affects the performance of Ogun State College of Health Technology Students in covid-19 era. The study adopted descriptive Research design and a sample size of 150 students was drawn from ND to HND from Health Information Management Department of Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese. A well-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Objectives of the study were to determine the effect of parental financial status on students’ academic performance during covid-19 era as well as to examine the effect of parents’ educational background on students’ academic performance during covid-19 era. Two hypotheses were formulated. In the first hypothesis, null hypothesis was rejected in favour of the alternate hypothesis, meaning that the Parental financial status is a determinant on students’ academic performance during covid-19 era. In the second hypothesis the null hypothesis was rejected in favour of the alternate hypothesis, meaning that parents’ educational background is a determinant of students’ academic performance during covid-19 era. Hence, it was concluded that parents with good educational and financial status motivate their children in matters related to schooling and support them with necessary on –line gadgets needed during covid-19 era. It was recommended that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government should encourage indigent students by awarding scholarships. Keywords: Academic performance, Financial status, Covid-19, Parent Socio-economic status.