This study was on the impact of parents’ socio economic status on academic achievement of secondary schools agricultural
students in Konsisha Local Government. Specific objectives for the study were: identify the impact of family structure on
academic achievement of secondary school agricultural students in Konshisha Local Government, investigate the impact
of parents’ educational background on academic achievement of secondary school agricultural students in Konshisha
Local Government and ascertain the impact of parents’ income on academic achievement of secondary school agricultural
students in Konshisha Local Government. Three research questions were raised and answered by the study. The design for
the study was survey research design. Population for the study was 440 while purposive sampling technique was adopted
for this study. A structured questionnaire titled: Parents’ Socio-economic Status Questionnaire (PSESQ) was used for data
collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the
internal consistency of the instrument and a coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. All the administered copies of the questionnaire
were retrieved and analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation and t – test. It was found out that academic achievement of
students in secondary schools could be impacted by 4 family structures, 6 parents’ educational background and 6 impact of
parents’ income on academic achievement of students in secondary schools. It was therefore, recommended that, Students
from good socio economic background should use the opportunity to attain good academic heights, parents should provide
basic school needs for their children to enable them attain good academic heights and parents should seek varying sources
of income so that they can meet up with the school needs of their children.
Unique contributions of dynamic versus global measures of parent–child interaction quality in predicting school adjustment.
