Students’ perception of home and teacher related factors affecting academic performance

Education is a fundamental human right for economic growth and human development (Okumu et al. 2008). The quality of education employed by a certain school, college or university is assessed on the basis of learners’ academic achievement. Academic success has a great influence on a student's self-esteem, motivation, and perseverance in higher education. Students who pursue their education see themselves achieving their future goals. This study was conducted to determine the student's perception of home and teacher related factors affecting the academic performance of the Bachelor of Science in Accounting Information System students of the Cagayan State University. This study was conducted at the College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy of Cagayan State University-Andrews Campus, Tuguegarao City where the respondents were enrolled first semester for the SY 2018–2019. The respondents of this study were the students of the BS in Accounting Information System program of the college. The data gathered were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using the descriptive statistics like frequency counts, rank, percentage and weighted mean. Descriptive method was used to come up with a good result of the study. Result of the study revealed that under the teacher-related factors, ” Teacher's techniques and strategies in teaching” got the highest mean of 4.65 while “Civil status of the teacher (single, married, widow (er), separated)” got the lowest with a mean of 2.84. The category mean of 4.11 or with a descriptive value of “agree” implies that the BSAIS students perceived that the teacher-related factors affect their academic performance. On the other hand, under the home-related factors, “Attitude of parent(s)/guardian(s) towards education (parental guidance)” got the highest mean of 4.13 while “Family values, customs and traditions” got the lowest with a mean of 3.85. The category mean of 4.03 or with a descriptive value of “agree” implies that the BSAIS students perceived that the home-related factors affect their academic performance. The result also unveiled that there is a significant difference in the perceptions of the student-respondents on the teacher-related and home-related factors affecting their academic performance when grouped according to family economic status and that there is no significant difference on the perceptions of the student-respondents on the teacher-related and home-related factors affecting their academic performance when grouped according to age and sex.