TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ii

APPROVAL Ii

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v

TABLE OF CONTENT vi

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 The effect of family poverty on students’ academic performance 1

1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2

1.3 GENERAL OBJECTIVE\PURPOSE 2

1.4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 3

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3

1.7 SIGNIFICANCY OF THE STUDY 4

CHAPTER TWO 5

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.0 Introduction

2.1 Conceptual Frame Work s

2.2 THEORETICAL REVIEW 6

2.3 The Effect of Neighbourhood Poverty on academic achievement 8

2.4 The Effect of Parental Involvement on student’s academic performance 9

CHARPTER THREE 12

3.0 METHODOLOGY 12

Introduction 12

3.1 Research design 12

3.2 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 13

3.3 DATA COLLECTION 14

3.4 ETHICAL ISSUES 16

CHAPTER FOUR 17

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4.O.DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS .17

Introduction 17

Questionnaires 17

Table I 17

Table 2 18

Table3 18

4.2: Correlations of Variables 18

4.1.2characteristics of respondents by performance (students) 19

Table 4.5: Responses by teachers 19

CHAPTER 5 25

SUMMARY DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS 25

5.0 Introduction 25

5.1 Summary of findings 25

5.2 Conclusions 27

5.3 Recommendations 27

5.4 Areas for further research 29

REFERENCES 30

Appendix: Questionnaire 34

APPENDIX 2: STUDENTS QUESTIONNAIRE 34

APPENDIX 3: TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE 35

APENDIX 4: PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE 37