Parental Involvement and School Infrastructural Facilities as Determinants of Secondary School Students’ Learning Achievement in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

MURAINA MONSURU BABATUNDE, MURAINA KAMILU OLANREWAJU

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate into parental involvement and school infrastructural facilities as determinants of secondary school students’ learning achievement in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used in the study. Three hundred respondents were selected from Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The respondents were measured with relevant standardized scale (instruments) which include parental involvement scale, school infrastructural facilitiesscale and students’ academic performance scalewith strong reliability coefficient and the data obtained was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Multiple Regression statistical analysis of the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Two research hypotheses and two research questions were raised and answered in the study.

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Parental Involvement, School Infrastructural Facilities and Student Learning Achievement

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