Abstract
The current study explored how socio-economic problems affected rural students academic achievement and also examined how successful rural students from low-income families received socio-cultural supports from their parents, teachers and peers. The study utilised a multi-site case study involving five successful rural students from low-income families in Malaysia who have been selected using purposive random sampling technique. An interview protocol containing semi-structured questions was used to collect narrative data. Data collected was analysed using thematic approach. Results revealed that socio-economic problems have affected affected students’ motivation and emotion. Results also revealed that the parents of all informants had good attitudes in supporting their children education even though they had financial limitation. This highlights the importance of parental survival skills and psychological stability for promoting children academic well-being. The current study also has confirmed that socio-cultural factors play significant roles to support learning for rural students. As helping skills among rural parents, teachers and rural peers are significance for students’ success; a specific community educational module need to be developed as a guideline for them to enhance their roles in providing educational support effectively.
Highlights
Research on education for rural communities is very important because rural communities worldwide faced various challenges due to unpredictable of global economic changes
Socio-economic Problems: Hindrance to Sustain Good Academic Achievements Findings from this study revealed that all excellent rural students from low-income families have affected students’ motivation to focus in their studies
Overall, this study has identified the extent to which socio-economic factors influence the academic achievement of rural students
Summary
Research on education for rural communities is very important because rural communities worldwide faced various challenges due to unpredictable of global economic changes. All parents irrespective of where they live need to have appropriate current technological gadgets to access into on-line learning In this situation, rural communities are facing problems due to limitation of internet facilities as well as sufficient technological support systems that allow rural children to participate in learning activities. Many rural children had a poor attendance, poor academic achievement and left schools at early stages. There are few rural students from low-income families are able to overcome this problem They are successful in education even though their families are poor and face various economic challenges. How such students survive and succeed in their studies needs to be studied. This study explores the following areas: ⚫ good academic achievers from low-income families, and ⚫ nature of socio-environmental support received by low-income families to help them excel in their studies
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