Volume 12 Issue 1, January, 2024

Parental Poverty Factors And Attitude Of Undergraduate Students To Academic Work In Faculty Of Education, University Of Ibadan Nigeria

Olufemi Adebayo, Abiona & Temitope Olubowale

Abstract

The negative Attitude to Academic Work (AAW) among some undergraduate students in Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan (FoEUI), appears to be on the increase. This might be due to parental poverty factors - low level of AAW and Socio-Economic Status (SES). This study, therefore, investigated the parental poverty factors and attitude of undergraduate students to academic work. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 2,184 undergraduates in ten departments of (FoEUI) Simple random sampling technique was used to select 292 (20%) undergraduates from each department. Three research questions were answered with descriptive statistics. The findings showed that AAW of undergraduates was negative: mean = 2.48, SD = 0.87; level of SES of parents moderately high: mean = 2.60, SD = 0.82; and positive significant relationships between SES of parents and AAW, (r = 0.36; p<0.05), education of parents (r = 0.27; p<0.05), parental involvement (r = 0.37; p<0.05). It was concluded that poverty level of parents led to the negative attitude towards students’ academic work. Recommendation was made that parents should strive to provide adequate needs of undergraduate students. Government should also increase financial support for students and improve the learning conditions in universities.

Keywords

Attitude to academic work, Parental poverty factors, Socio-economic Status, Undergraduate students.

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