TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page                                                                 i

Certification                                                             ii

Dedication                                                               iii    

Acknowledgement                                                    iv

Table of contents                                                     viii

Abstract                                                                   x

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1. Background to the study                                 1
2. Statement of the problem                                2
3. Objective of the study                                      3
4. Significance of the study                                  4
5. Research hypothesis                                                5
6. Significance of the study                                  6
7. The study area                                                 7
8. Definition of terms                                           8

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

• Introduction                                                     10
• Explaining the concept of education                        10
• Types of education                                           13
• Education informal organization                     13
• The aim of secondary school in Nigeria            14
• Attitude of parents at Home and school

Performances                                                   17

• Appraisal of the Reviewed Literature                25

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• Research Design                                              27
• Population of the study                                    28
• Sample and sampling techniques                    28
• Research Instrument                                       29
• Reliability and validity of the instrument                 29
• Data Collection and Administration method    30
• Evaluation of Analysis of data                         31

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION OF RESULT/HYPOHESIS TESTING

• Introduction                                                     33
• Analysis of data                                               36
• Test of hypothesis                                            39
• Summary of Finding                                        41

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, RECOMMNDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

• Summary                                                         45
• Explanation and Finding                                         45
•  Conclusion                                                     46
• Recommendations                                           48

References                                                       50

Appendix                                                                 52

ABSTRACT

        This project work investigates the attitudes of parents toward secondary school education in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The researcher use questionnaire to get her information. About 100 questionnaire where given to various people in Ilorin West Local Government and analysed using simple percentage.

        The result shows that unemployment after graduation from secondary school make parent not to have interest in secondary education. The researcher then recommended that government should try as much as possible to provide employment for school leavers in order to encourage them and their parent.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

Ilorin West Local Government is one of the most populous local governments in Kwara State with stipulated population of over one hundred thousand inhabitants who are predominantly Muslims.

Headquarter is situated at Oja Oba very close to Emirs palace at the Central Area of Ilorin Emirate.

The introduction of Islamic education before the advent of western education creates a lot of set back to secondary education in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Also parents inculcate Quranic education into their children right from childhood in which its cope sharply disagreed with that of western education as a whole and no only secondary education alone.

The pre-independence era and a decade after few parents send their ward to primary school only the few of them allow their children to go to secondary schools existing by then and other school were owned by Christian missionaries. They disallowed them to go to missionaries schools to prevent their children from being covered to Christianity from early 80s till date the attitude is gradually changing from negative to positive as those who did not allow heir ward to go school before independence are now allowing them to go after realizing the importance of western education.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM