Adeshina Sowemimo

This research study assesses the impact of socioeconomic bacKground on student academic achievement in Nigeria: case study of University of Benin. The study aimed to examine the relationship between socioeconomic background and student academic achievement at the University of Benin, identify the specific aspects of socioeconomic background that have the most significant impact on student academic achievement, and identify different factors related to socio-economic status that could influence academic achievement. Anchored on theory of Educational Productivity as the theoretical framework of the study, the research survey design methods and questionnaires to obtain information and employ frequencies and percentages to analyze data. The research unveils that socioeconomic background has a major influence on student academic achievement at the University of Benin, different socioeconomic backgrounds such as parental income, educational level and occupation influence students’ academicachievement, and different factors such as parental education/involvement, family income/access to resources, stress and financial concerns and extracurricular activities are related to socioeconomic status that influence student academic achievement at the University of Benin. It was suggested that; parents should re-examine their financial support to students since such support is viewed as the main contributor towards the student's academic performance, and should take a greater interest in the education of their children. This will in turn allow the children to improve their school achievements