Influnce Of Home Environment On Academic Achievement Of Students In Public Secondary Schools In Kitswamba Sub County Kasese District

ABSTRACT

The study aimed at investigating the influence of home environment on academic

achievement of students in public secondary schools in kistwarnba sub county, kasese

District and it was guided by the following objectives; to determine the influence of parents

economic status on students academic achievement in public secondary schools in

kistwamba sub county kasese District, to establish the influence of parent/family

involvement on students academic achievement in public secondary schools in kistwamba

sub county, kasese District, to investigate the effects of parenting style on students academic

achievement in public secondary schools in kistwamba sub county kasese District. The study

used the cross sectional design based on both qualitative and quantitative research

approaches. This was because it would enable the researcher to generate quick self-reports

from the participants under the study. The information for this study was gathered by use of

questionnaires as the main research instrument. The questionnaires were administered to the

head teachers, students and PTA chairpersons from the selected, the study revealed that the

majority of the respondents strongly agreed with the statement that increasing family

income is associated with an increase in student’s academic achievements; majority of

respondents agreed that parent’s attendance to the school education days was good; the

majority of the respondents strongly agreed with the statement that children of parents

who are authoritative are associated with high question achievement The study

recommends that; the government should increase the bursary allocation to students from

poor families so as to retain them in school to enhance their performances, the school

administration need to increase the number of education days for parents so that parents can be more involved with tl~eir students’ academic achievement, parents ought to improve their parenting styles as this can affect their children’s academic achievement.