Assessment of Parental Support, Supervision and Encouragement on Performance in Biology among Secondary School Students in Sabon Gari, Kaduna State, Nigeria

SALISU, Zainab Ibrahim; OMONIWA, Oluwatope Olubunmi; WILLIAMS, Felicia

doi:10.64348/zije.2025233

Authors

SALISU, Zainab Ibrahim Author
OMONIWA, Oluwatope Olubunmi Author
WILLIAMS, Felicia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2025233

Keywords:

Parental Support, Parental Supervision, Parental Encouragement, Academic Performance

Abstract

The study was on Investigation on Parental Support, Supervision and Encouragement Influencing Students' Performance in Biology among Secondary Schools in Zaria. Three research objectives, three research questions, and three hypotheses guided the study. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample for the study comprised of three hundred and seventeen (317) biology students drawn from the population of study using simple random sampling technique. The instruments for data collection in this study was a questionnaire and analyzed using mean, standard deviation, PPMC and t-test. The results revealed that there is a positive and statistically significant correlation between parental support and students’ academic performance in Biology (r = 0.32, p< 0.001, df = 315), a statistically significant difference in academic performance in Biology between students who receive high parental encouragement and those with low parental encouragement (p = 0.000 < 0.05) and there is a statistically significant difference between male and female students in parental support, supervision, and encouragement towards academic performance in Biology(p=0.032.<0.05). This study recommends that workshops and seminars can be organized to educate parents on effective ways to provide academic support, particularly in challenging subjects like Biology, amongst others.

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