Socio-Economic Profiling of Students and its Impact on Learning Outcomes
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Every student has a need; and the topmost aspiration of every
student is to be self-fulfilled with commendable performance in school. For this
aspiration to be achieved, many factors such as the kind of learning environment,
teaching methods, socio-economic background, students’ motivation
amongst others have been found as precursors. In this context, socio-economic
characteristics of students include gender, age, class, daily means of transportation
to school, geographical location of the school, type of residential accommodation
they lived in, and its ownership amongst others. This paper presents
findings of a study carried out to measure the impact of socio-economic profiling
of students on their academic performance. Quantitative data were collected
from twelve sampled secondary schools: nine private owned schools and three
public owned schools across three senatorial districts in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted using a hybrid of three techniques:
purposive sampling, quota and random sampling to select the approved schools,
group them in quota and final selection of respondents respectively. A total of
674 copies of the questionnaire were administered by hand during the first term
of the 2018/2019 academic session. The result identified that amongst several
socio-economic characteristics of learners, the geographical location of the
school, type of school (private or public) and learning styles of students have
more significant impact on students’ learning outcomes. This paper recommends
that instilling internal motivation in students irrespective of their socioeconomic
background can boost their self-esteem and self-actualisation. This
will in turn influence their performance favourably
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H Social Sciences (General), NA Architecture