EFFECTS OF PARENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ON PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examined the effect of parental educational background on pupils’ academic performance in pre-primary schools in Abuja, Nigeria. One research question was raised while one null hypothesis was formulated and tested to guide the study. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The study used a sample of 250 out of 400 pre-primary schools in Abuja, which was more half of the population. The data for the study were gathered through copies of the questionnaire that were administered to 250 respondents. The method of selection was through simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire tagged “Parental Educational Level Background Questionnaire” (PELBQ) was pilot tested and reliability co-efficient of 0.81 was obtained. Furthermore, mean, frequency, standard deviation and percentage was used to answer the research question while Pearson’s product-moment correlation co-efficient was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between parental educational background and pupils’ academic performance in pre-primary schools in Abuja. The finding of this study have led the researcher to conclude that parental educational background influenced pupils’ academic performance in pre-primary schools in Abuja, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that, parents should always encourage their children and provide moral support as well for the child to be emotionally stable and have confidence in their academic pursuit to achieve excellence.