Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Academic Achievement of Senior High School in the Five Strands, S.Y. 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The researcher aimed to analyze the effect of socioeconomic status on academic achievement of senior high school in the five stands.

Especially, it sought to answer the effect of socioeconomic status on the academic achievement of senior high school students, in terms of parental level of education of students' academic achievement ; parental occupation has on students' academic achievement, parent's income on students' academic achievement, family size on students' academic achievement, and parental motivation have on students' academic achievement.

METHODS

The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson Correlation statistics. The mean was used to answer the research questions while the Pearson Correlation statistics was used to test the Null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance

RESULTS

The results of this research reveal that most ages of senior high students were in the range of 15-18, and most of the respondents were female. From their family background, most of the student was in the range of P15, 790 -31, 569 family income with the family size of 5-8 and most of their guardians/parents was driver/contractor. But most of the respondents were in the above average of their academic achievement. The socio-economic shows that parents' education level, family income, and parents' level of motivation influences the academic achievement of the students.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the result, there is a significant relationship between socio-economic status and academic achievement of the students in senior high school. Hence, it is recommended that parents, as a matter of importance, should diversify their sources of income so that they can be able to provide fund their children in school for better academic achievement. They should be actively involved in encouraging students to learn and also in supervising students' academic work at home. Students' should give serious attention to study at home, in addition to other various works done, since the amount of effort they put in their studies influence their academic achievement.

Teachers should be motivational in their teaching and use different teaching methods so as to go along with all categories of students. This will help bridge deficiencies from the negative family background. Lastly, the government should create employment opportunities for the graduate of various institutions of higher learning.