EFFECT OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PARENTAL CARE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; (A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL IN IREPODUN/IFELODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EKITI STATE)

Arowosegbe Christanah Kehinde & Solomon Ifeoluwa Damilare

Department of Psychology,

Faculty of the Social Science,

Ekiti State University, Ekiti

ABSTRACT

The study was designed to investigate the effects of perceived social support, emotional intelligence and parental care on academic performance of secondary school in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government which was done in Iworoko community High school, Iworoko Ekiti. The method used for the collection of data was the questionnaire method and three instruments were used namely: Berlin social support scale, The Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test and Parental care scale. A total of 200 participants consisting of 98 males and 102 females drawn from three classes SS1class, SS2 class and SS3class, 78 students drawn from SS1 class, 48 students from SS2 class and 74 students from SS3 class. Four hypotheses were tested. The test of hypothesis one that there will be a significant effect of emotional intelligence on academic performance using the independent t-test analysis yielded a result of a significance influence of emotional intelligence on academic performance ( t (198) = 2.28 P < .05). The test of hypothesis two that there will be a significant effect of perceived social support on academic performance using the  independent t-test analysis revealed that there was no significant influence of parental care on academic performance ( t (198) = -.571 p > .05). The test of hypothesis three that there will be a significant effect of parental care on academic performance using the independent t-test revealed that there is no significant influence of parental care on academic performance t (198) = -.629 p > .05). The test of hypothesis four that there will be a significant difference in the academic performance between male and female using the independent t-test analysis revealed that there is no significant influence of gender on academic performance t (198)=1.911 p> .05).In conclusion the study has been able to confirm that there is an effect of emotional intelligence on academic performance, there is no effect of social support on academic performance, and also there is no effect of parental care on academic performance. This study also confirmed that there is no effect of gender on academic performance. Findings are discussed according to the literature and it was recommended that future studies could investigate secondary school from more diverse environment. It would be important to learn how the implementation of a curriculum like Self-Science contributes to academic performance with more a diverse student population.

Key Words: Social support, Emotional Intelligence, Academic performance, Parental Care.

SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SCHOOL FACILITIES MOBILISATION AS CHANNELS TO JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA

Eyarefe, I.Deborah, & Oresajo, N. Olasunkanmi

National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA-Nigeria),Km 3, Laje Road, P.M.B. 562 Ondo, Ondo state.

Email: debbieyarefe@gmail.com, Oresajo_nojeem@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This article examined School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) involvement in school facilities mobilization with the view of enhancing Junior Secondary School (JSS) students’ academic performance in Nigeria. The Junior Secondary School (JSS) is the third stage or level of the basic education as far as Nigeria education system is concerned. This stage is a level in the basic education at which learners are expected to spend three good academic sessions and at the end (that is at the completion of the sessions) external examinations are conducted by the various state ministries of education across the country at the appropriate time. This depends on the academic session time-table of the various state ministries of education in the country. Thus, National Examinations Council (NECO) usually conducts similar examinations for the Junior Secondary Schools in the country. This is mostly done by Federal Unity Colleges and some private schools do also registered with NECO for this examinations.  SBMC is not peculiar to Nigeria alone. It is an in-thing presently in the global education system. This is a policy which empowers the community members where schools are located to be involved in the administration of the school instead of leaving such to government and the school administrators to man spontaneously. It is a system of administration whereby some decision-making of the school are shared among the stakeholders in education industry. However, schools facilities refer to all basic required resources that will promote teaching-learning and also brings about friendly school environment to the learners and their teachers. A good, friendly school environment promotes better academic performance because the learners and their teachers will always be willing to be in the school environment. This study defined SBM/SBMC, described JSS and its objectives, in addition it also described academic performance and identified the channel of SBMC in school facilities mobilization. Conclusion and recommendations were given.

Keywords: Academic performance, SBMC, Junior Secondary School, and School Facilities Mobilization.