Influence of Family Background on Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Benue State: Implications for Counselling

Adikwu Victoria Ogwa

doi:10.56201/ijssmr.vol.11no8.2025.pg308.317

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Influence of Family Background on Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Benue State: Implications for Counselling

Adikwu Victoria Ogwa

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This study was aimed at investigating the Influence of Family Background on Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Benue State. Implications for Counselling. To guide the study, three research purpose, three research questions were formulated. The design adopted for this study was ex-post facto design. The population of the study consist of all the senior secondary class two (SS2) students present at the time of sample in 105 public secondary schools have a population of 4143 student of SS2. The study comprised two hundred and ten students from the public secondary schools in the study area. The schools for the study were classified along local government and for even representation non- proportionate stratified sampling procedure was used to claims two (2) schools from each of the local government area in 'the zone. A total of fourteen (14) schools were drawn. each of the samples school, fifteen (15) senior secondary two (SS2) students were used given a total of two hundred and ten (210) students. The research instrument was questionnaire as family background influence (FBI). designed by the researcher and validated by experts. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The instrument was pilot tested in Otukpo using 30 students. The reliability coefficient was 0.69. The findings of the study revealed that: students from educated parents achieve more than those from uneducated parents in academics; students from high income status parents enjoy considerable advantage in academic achievement than students of low income status parents because their parents were able to afford necessary materials and equipment needed for effective learning in the school; parental level of motivation also influenced students' academic achievement because motivation and reward several as a form of reinforcement for children's learning at school. Based on these findings, the study recommends among other

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