TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE
DEC LARA Tl ON ....................................................................................................................... 2
APPROVAL .............................................................................................................................. 3
DEDICATION .......................................................................................................................... 4
ABBREVIATIONS ................................... , ............................................................................... 5
CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................... 9
INTRODUCTION ........................................... , .......................................................................... 9
1.0 Jntroduction ................................................... : ............................................................... 9
I.I Background of the Study .............................................................................................. 9
l. l .4 Contextual Perspective .................................................................................................... 12
1.2 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................... 12
1.3 Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................... 13
1.3.1 General Objective ............................................................................................... 13
1.3.2 Specific Objectives ........................... , .................................................................. 13
1.4 Research Questions ..................................................................................................... 14
1.5 Scope of the Study ....................................................................................................... 14
1.5.1 Geographical Study ................................................................................................ 14
1.8 Operational Terms ................................................... : .................................................... 16
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................ : ............................................................. 18
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................ : ............................................ 18
2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 18
2.1 Theoretical Framework ................................................................................................. 18
2.2 Review of Related Literature ......................................................................................... 19
2.2.1 Boys Child Academic Performance ..................................................................... 19
2.2.2 Family Background of the Boys child and Academic Perfonnance ........................ 21
2.2.4 Parental Involvement in Boys child Academic Performance .................................. 24
CHAPTER THREE .................................... , ............................................................................. 26
METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 26
3.0 Introduction ............................................................ : .................................................... 26
3.1 Research Design ............................................ : ........................................ .................... 26
3.2 Target Population .................................................................................. .................... 26
3.3 Sample size .................................................................................................................. 26
3.4 Sa111pling techniques ..................................................................................................... 27
3.4.1 Selection of schools ......................................................................................................... 27
3.4.2 Selection of respondents .................................................................................................. 27
3.5 Data Collection Methods ............................................................................................ 28
3.6 Data quality eontrol ............................................................................................................ 29
3.6.1 Validity of Instruments ................................................................................................ 29
3.6.2 Reliability .................................................................... 29
3.7 Data analysis ................................................................................................................. 29
CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................... 32
DATA ANALYSIS PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION ....................................... 32
4.1 lntrodμction ................................................................................................................... 32
4.2 Response rate ................................................................................................................ 32
4.3 General infonnation ............................................................................................................ 32
4.3.1 Gender of the parental respondents ............................................................................. 32
4.3.2 Age of parental respondents ........................................................................................ 33
4.3.3 Age ofthe Child respondents ...................................................................................... 33
4.3.4 Highest level of education of Parental respondent ..................................................... .34
4.3.5 Period of time of child respondent in the current school ............................................. 34
4.4 Family background of the child respondent ...................................................................... .35
4.4.1 Marital Status of the family .................................... : .................................................... 35
4.4.2 Structure of the family of the child respondent ........................................................... 36
CHAPTER FIVE ...................................................................................................................... 37
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 37
5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 37
5.2 Summary of the findings .................................................................................................... 37
5.3 Discussion of the Findings .................................................................................................. 39
5.4 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 42
5.5 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 43
REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 45
APPENDIX I: INSTRUMENT (S) ....................................................................................... 50
APPENDIX II: THE HEADTEACHERS ........................... : .................................................... 51
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