PHYSICS STUDENTS

The study on the influence of family background on the academic performance of physics students aimed at evaluating the effect of family background on the educational performance of students’, to find out if social- economic status of parents influence their students’ academic performance in physics, to find out whether educational attainment of parent affect their students’ academic performance in physics and to find out the influence of family size on educational upbringing of physics students. The study made use of primary data which are gotten from the distribution of the research questionnaires; the sample size for the study will be at least 35. The study made use of the chi square test for the analysis. The study therefore concluded that differences in academic performance of children are a function of differences in educational background of the parents. Due to inadequate resources, children are not provided with academic needs that could facilitate conducive learning because of poor socio-economic status of some parents. This has some effects on student’s performance. The study also made useful recommendation to assist relevant stakeholders in decision making. Some of them are: Parents overall commitment to the academic welfare of their children irrespective of economic demands, promotion of specific educational developmental