Sociological Analysis of Parental Variables and Students’ Academic Performance in Calabar Municipal Council Area of Cross River State

Abstract

This study determines the sociological analysis of parental variables and students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Calabar Municipal Council Area of Cross River State. An ex-post-facto research design otherwise known as cause-and-effect research design was adopted for the study and 14 students selected as respondents from 10 secondary schools were to form a sample of 240 respondents. Researchers constructed a questionnaire titled Parental Variables and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire” (PVSAPQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts, one from Educational Sociology and Administration and Planning with reliability coefficient of 0.86. The data collected were analyzed with mean to answer all research questions while the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 significant with the aid of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.5. It was found that there is a strong positive association between parents’ level of education and students’ academic performance. The study recommended that media and government should play active roles in informing illiterate parents about the importance of education in today’s world. They should enrich the horizons of knowledge of ignorant parents through media orientation such as radio and television programmes and make them realize that education is as necessary for them as for their children.