PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
1Adewunmi, 2Sojobi, O.A., 3Sulaimon, M.O., and 4Raheem S.O
1,2,3Department of Statistics & Mathematics, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
4Department of General Studies, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
E-mail: dokunsola@yahoo.com,mtsulaimon@gmail.com
Abstract: This study was conducted to examine the relative effectiveness of Parental Involvement and Organizational Climate on the Academic Performance of students in public secondary schools in Abeokuta South Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The study was set out to model the linear relationship that exists between the predictor variables (Parental Involvement and Organizational Climate) and the predicted variable (Academic Performance of students). Primary data by use of questionnaires were used to develop a predictive model. The population consists of all students in the thirty-one (31) public secondary schools in Abeokuta South. Total sample of one-hundred (100) randomly selected students from ten (10) randomly sampled schools were used. Using multiple regressions, multiple correlation coefficients, Coefficient of multiple determinations, t-Test, ANOVA F-Test, and Correlation Matrix to analyze the data, result shows the regression coefficient for Parental Involvement to be –0.332 with a Sig-value of 0.332 while that for Organizational Climate to be 1.081 with a Sig-value of 0.000. Findings show that Organizational Climate was more effective than Parental Involvement in predicting students’ performance. Parents should learn how to help their children (i.e. helping them in their homework/assignment, school work), staying in touch with teachers and school staff.