PARENTS’ ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF CIVIC COMPETENCES OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated parents’ environmental factors as determinants of civic 
competences of   public secondary school students in Oyo State. A descriptive 
survey research design was used. The population of the study was fourteen 
thousand, five hundred and eighty (14,508) students and six hundred and twenty
five (625) civic education teachers, two thousand five hundred and sixty-nine 
(2,569) students were sampled with one hundred and ninety-two (192) civic 
education teachers. The study used Parents’ Environmental Factor on Civic 
Competences Questionnaire (PEFCCQ) and adapted “Environmental Factors in 
Students Civic Competence Scales (EFISCCOS) to collect data. Data collected 
were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that 
most parents engaged in modest occupation (49.7%) trading, students raised in 
stable family (79.6%), and level of parents’ educational attainment played 
significant role in shaping students’ potential aspirations.