Socio Economic Status as Determinants of Students Achievements in English Language

Abstract

The study examined socio economic status as determinants of students’ achievements in English language in Ondo Stat. 320 questionnaires were drawn to elicit information from secondary school students about their parents’ educational status. 317 of the questionnaires were duly completed by the respondents using four point Likert scale. Data collected were subjected to frequency counts and simple percentage. Findings showed that only 28.78% of students’ fathers had higher education and 22.72% of students’ mothers had higher education while a higher percentage of parents belong to low SES. This could have adverse effect on their children as students from low SES may likely not be able to meet their academic needs in the area of availability of English textbooks and other academic materials which could lead to poor performance of students in their final examinations conducted by WAEC and NECO every year. Based on the findings, recommendations were given to enhance better performance of students in English language.