PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHOOSING FINE ARTS

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PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHOOSING FINE ARTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

One of the most important functions of education in our society today is to assist the learners make different career choices including subject selection by the students that will match their individual interest, abilities, personalities etc. needed to their development. It is a known fact that most young students have challenges of selecting subject at the secondary schools. The senior secondary education (SSS) represents the third stage in the current educational system known as 6-3-3-4. This system of education that was designed by the National Policy on Education exposes the learners to as many disciplines as possible in the junior secondary school (J.S.S.) and then allows them to make choices of subjects in the senior secondary school levels (SSS).

Making choices from such array of options becomes a herculean task to the students. It is one of the many important choices students will make in determining their future plans and this decision will impact them throughout their lives. In terms of career and subjects selection, Okeke (2000) posits that parents and guardians have a significant effect on their children, that parents’ characteristics played a vital role in students’ choice of technical subjects.

Parents have a crucial task of preparing their children for education. In their task of career guidance, Mabunda (2002) stated that parents have a greater influence on the child’s development and future career choices. That is why Ozioma (2011) observed that the level of interest in students and the position of the parents in the society sometimes influenced student’s interest in the study of vocational subjects, which this current study attributes as subject selection by parents for their children. According to Jordan, Orozco and Averett in Odiriamatari (2015), research have also indicated that the degree the family of the child is able to create a home environment that encourages learning, Sota & Agi…..Int. J. Inno. Psychology & Social Development 8(1): 1-16, 2020

expresses high and realistic expectation for the child’s achievement and future career; as well as being involved in the child’s education at school and in the home predicts the child’s success in school and in the future. That, parental involvement in education as investigated in this study refers to the various activities parents engage in both at home and in school intended to assist with the children’s overall learning experiences.

The influence by parents/guardians on subject selection as well as career choice for their children have been observed to have some negative impacts on the performances of some of these children. The negative impact on the performances of some of these children has lead many research indications on the dropping of students’ academic achievement in our educational system. This dropping was also supported by Tenibaje (2009) who asserts that, students’ academic performance in Nigeria is declining at a disturbing rate. Although, academic performance is seen as a very significant instrument with which the success as well as ability of a student contribution to the societal development are measured. To Olaitan (2017) the implication of this, is that students that perform beyond average of the standard set by the society are not only seen as brilliant but as well probable to contribute meaningfully to the growth, development and sustenance of that society in the near future. With this result, the society constantly has eyes on the academic performance of its students at all levels of educational institutions be it primary secondary or tertiary (Olaitan, 2017).

Based on the falling of students’ academic performance, Ibanga and Eremie (2017) contended that students will need a lot of help by all school personnel especially the principal, teachers, and counselors working cooperatively on subjects’ selection of students. This is in line with Ozioma (2011) observed that, shortage or absence of guidance counselors in some schools influenced the study of vocational subject in secondary schools. As a result most students, who were skilled and had the ability to study vocational or technical subjects, were not counseled to enroll in subjects that they would do better. This is in line with FRN (2004) that provides that at the completion of JSS, students are to be streamed on the basis of their tests results, academic ability, aptitude and vocational interest. Getting to senior secondary students were further streamed into any of science, arts, technology/technical or commercial disciplines. This is with a view of guiding the students to their future career. Therefore, the study seek to provide some insights into these issues as well as establishing the parental influence on subject selection and academic performance of secondary school students in Rivers-East Senatorial District of Rivers State.

Statement of the Problem

Parents and Guardians are bequeathed by the virtue of their authority to train, direct and guide their children or wards in other to obtain or acquire religious, psychological, social, moral and educational values. Same is applicable in the biblical injunction to parents, to train their children in the way to go as this would direct their path when they grow old. Prov. 22:6 The gap here is: How possible would this injunction be if the students are compelled by their parents to take up subjects that will direct their interests towards their parents aspirations, to the detriment of the children’s interest in their own desired field. Do parents today give adequate interest and attention to the aptitudes, mental capabilities, interest, resources and limitations of their children or wards before suggestive impressions are made on their children? This impression by parents may influence the child positively if the child can adapt to it, but adversely when such a child has different desires or goals as his priority.

Some parents go by this injunction to influence their children choice of subject in secondary schools. Some threaten not to be involved in the educational pursuit of their children or wards if their choice of subject does not meet up with their personal interests. Consequently such students may be negatively or positively affected by this. Tenibaje (2009) did not mince his opinion when he asserted that, Students academic performance is declining at disturbing rate. For this reason, it becomes necessary to ask: The relationship between parental influence on subject selection and academic performance of students in secondary schools. Is there a correlation between parental influence on subject selection and academic performance students in secondary schools. Will parental influence on subject selection predict the academic performance of students in secondary school. These and many more is what the study seeks to provide answers to and which will form the basic problem of this study.

Purpose of the Study

The main purpose of this study is to undertake a research of parental influence on subject selection and academic performance of secondary school students in Rivers-East Senatorial District of Rivers Sota & Agi…..Int. J. Inno. Psychology & Social Development 8(1): 1-16, 2020

State. It will as much as possible determine the extent parents influence their children in subject selections in secondary schools. However, the following specific objectives will guide the study.

1. To determine the extent parental occupational preference influence students’ subject selections in secondary school.

2. To determine the extent parental values influence students’ subject selections in secondary school.

3. To determine how parental education influence students’ selections in secondary school.

4. To determine the extent parental influence on subject selection predict the academic performance of students in secondary school.

Research Questions

The research questions proposed for this study was aimed at addressing some of the concerns raised in the literature review and provide a platform in answering some of the emerging issues in parental influence on subject selection for their children in secondary school. However, the study raised four research questions to guide the study:

1. To what extent does parental occupational preference influence students’ subject selections in secondary school?

2. To what extent does parental values influence students’ subject selections in secondary school?

3. To what extent does parental education influence students’ subject selections in secondary school?

4. To what extent does parental influence on subject selection predict the academic performance of students in secondary school?

Hypotheses

The study was formulated with the following research hypotheses as shown below:

Ho1. There is no significant relationship between parental occupational preference on subject selection and academic performance of in secondary school.

Ho2. There is no significant relationship between parental values on subject selection and academic performance of in secondary school.

Ho3. There is no significant relationship between parental education on subject selection and academic performance of in secondary school.

Ho4. Parental influence on subject selection will not predicts the academic performance of students in secondary school.

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