INFLUENCE OF HOME-SCHOOL FACTORS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE

This study was conducted on Influence of Home-School Factors on Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Kano State. The study has two objectives among which are; examine the influence of teachers’ qualifications on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Kano State, Nigeria and assess the influence of parents’ socio-economic status on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Kano State, Nigeria. In line with these objectives, two research questions, two null hypotheses were formulated. Related literatures were reviewed. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study, a total of 378 respondents were sampled from the total population of 23340, through the use of research advisor (2006). A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in table and were analyzed using weighted mean to analyze the responses of the respondents to the research questions. The two hypotheses were tested using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels of significance. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the bio- data of the respondents. Major findings of the study were; the quality of teachers engaged in teaching significantly determine the quality of learning and learning outcome of students in public secondary schools in Kano state and Parents socioeconomic status to a large extent reflex the type of school a student enroll in, types of educational resource provided and the learning outcome in public secondary schools in Kano State.The following recommendations were made: despite the challenges faced by parents from rural background they should give more priority to their children education and make provision for their learning materials and support them psychologically and , teachers with requisite qualification should be engaged and continue to update them through regular workshops and conferences. The study concluded that Home factors such parents socioeconomic status affect many aspects of family life. Feeding, provision of learning materials, school fees are obvious challenges that affect the child’s readiness to learn which direct affect their performance. In addition, school factor such teachers qualification strongly influence effective instructional delivery which directly affect learning outcome.