The Effect Of Socio-Economic Status On Acadeiviic Performance Of Children In Upe Schools. Case Study Of Imanyiro Sub-County, Ma Yuge District.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title

Declaration .......................................................................................... i

Approval ............................................................................................ ii

Dedication .......................................................................................... iii

Acknowledgement ................................................................................. iv

Abbreviation ................................. · ...................................................... v

Definition of key terms ........................................................................... vi

Table of contents ................................................................................... vii

CHAPTER ONE.

1.0 Introduction ......................... , ..................................................... .

I. I Back ground of the study ................................................................ I

1.2 Statement of the problem ................................................................ 5

1.3 Purposeofthe study ............... : ...................................................... 5

1.3.1 General objective ......................................................................... 5

1.3.2 Specific objective ......................................................................... 5

1.4 Research questions ....................................................................... 6

1.5 Hypothesis ................................................................................. 6

1.6 Scopeofthestudy ................ :. ....................................................... 7

1.7 Significance of the study ................................................................. 7

1.8 Conceptual frame work ................................................................... 8

CHAPTER TWO

Literature review

1.0 Introduction ................................................................................ I 0

2.1 parental attitude towards perform·ance ................................................. 12

2.2 Domestic work and performance of children ......................................... 14

2.3 Parental levels of education and performance ........................................ 16

2.4 Traditional beliefs and performance of children ...................................... 17

2.5 Sexual harassment ........................................................................ 18

2.6 Religious beliefs ................... , ..................................................... 20

2.7 Early marriages ........................................................................... 22

2.8 Adolescent pregnancies .................................................................. 23

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................... 24

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................... 24

3.2 Research designs ......................................................................... 24

3.3 Area ofstudy .............................................................................. 24

3.4 Study population ................... ' ............................................................. 25

3.5 Sample size ................................................................................ 25

3.6 Sample procedure ......................................................................... 26

3.7 Study sample selection, Inclusion and exclusion criteria ........................... 26

3.7.1 Inclusion .................................................................................... 26

3. 7 .2 Exclusion criteria ......................................................................... 27