Effect of Parental Socio-Economic Status on Parental Care and Social Adjustment in the UBE Programme in Lagos State: Implications for Counselling

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine the effect of parental socio-economic background on the parental care provided to pupils in the UBE programme and the counseling implications. The psychological implications of the Universal Basic Education cannot be over emphasized if the universal goal of education for all were to be achieved. The study is a descriptive survey research with the use of randomly selected primary six pupils from three different schools in Lagos State. A questionnaire (Parent/Child Relationship Questionnaire) which was designed by the researcher was administered on 198 randomly selected boys and girls from Lagos Mainland Local Government. Data collected were analysed with the use of ANOVA and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Result obtained indicated a significant
effect of parental socio-economic background on the parental care of pupils and their social
adjustment. The counseling implications were discussed which highlighted the psychological
effect of lack of adequate parental care on pupils social adjustment and academic
achievement. Recommendations were made based on the findings.

Keywords: Universal Basic Education; Parental Care; Counselling; Socio-Economic Status, Social adjustment.

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 3 (1) 2007 pp. 81-87