Influence of study habit and parental involvement on secondary school students’ achievement in financial accounting in Bauchi state

Abstract

The study examined the influence of study habit and parental involvement on secondary school students’ achievement in financial accounting in Bauchi state Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design which is purely quantitative, using a structured questionnaire which were administered to 390 randomly selected financial accounting students of secondary school in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Data collected was analyzed using multiple regression. The findings of the study revealed among others that study habit and parental involvement have significant and positive influence on achievement of secondary school students in financial accounting. By implications, the findings of the present study suggest that parents and financial accounting teachers should encourage secondary school students to develop a good study habit in financial accounting as this will improve their achievement in the subject. Furthermore, parents should also be encouraged by financial accounting teachers and school management to fully involve in the academic activities of financial accounting students. This will also help in improving the achievement students in financial accounting and reduce the massive and consistent failure recorded among secondary school students in financial accounting especially in the national examination.