Economic recession affects Students Performance in School- Prof.Jike

 ASABA-Proprietor, Holyfield Foundation, Abraka, Prof. Victor Jike, has said that the poor performance of secondary school students is the direct consequences of excruciating economic recession being experienced by parents in the country.

Jike, who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abraka, argued that most parents are civil servants and the government owed them several months’ salaries which make it difficult for parents to meet the education needs of their children.

According to him, the resultant effect this shortcoming has deterred students from concentrating on their studies thereby looking for alternative means to meet their education needs, rather, than face their studies squarely.

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He said ” Basically, the payment of school fees is done by parents. And parents are currently going through excruciating economic circumstances in order meet the education needs of their children because, in most cases, parents are currently been owed salaries which is a major setback to both children and parents.

” In view of this, you will find out that most of the education needs of the students are not consistently being met, so; the students begin to fend for themselves educationally due to this vacuum which, in turn, affect their performance due to lack of concentration on their studies.”

The proprietor described this situation as “a moral equivalence of war”, noting that in war torn situation, educational performances are poor due to the social unrest occasioned by war.

He argued that parents’ inabilities to fend for their children would make the parents to cut corners in areas of allowances given to the children and supervision since their attention was now solely directed towards making ends meet for their families.

Jike held that unless these imbalances are addressed, the performance of students would continue to deteriorate.