Volume 14, 2025
Influence of Parental Involvement on the Academic Achievement of Primary School Pupils in Basic Science in Lagos State
Bamidele Tokunbo, DELPHONSO Ph.D & Esther Oluwatunmise, DELPHONSO
Abstract
This study investigated the inuence ofparental involvement on the academic achievement of Primary School
Pupils in Basic Science in Lagos State. Three research questions and twohypotheses were formulated for this
study; a descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study.Five (5) schools were selected using the
simple random sampling techniques. From each selected primary school, twenty (20) pupils were selected
randomly using simple random sampling technique. Therefore, the sample size is one hundred (100) pupils. A
questionnaire containing 20 items was a major instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire was
divided into two sections: A, and B. The method adopted in analyzing the data collected for this research work
was Pearson's Product Moment Correlation coefcient analysis and three formulated hypotheses were tested at
0.05 level of signicance.Ho revealed that signicant relationship exists between the inuence of the parent1
social economic class and academic achievement of primary school pupils in Basic science in Lagos State at a
signicance of r = .906 and P<0.5.andHo indicated that signicant relationship exists between the educational2
background of the parents and learning outcomes of primary school pupils in Basic science in Lagos State at a
signicance of r = .818 and; p< .50and hypothesisand recommendations were made.
Keywords
Academic attainment, Parental involvement, Basic Science, PatentingStyle, Social EconomicClass
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