Abstract:
This study investigates the relationship between socio-economic status and children’s
educational life chances using the peasant farmers of Basawa and Bomo districts of
Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State as a case study. The study was
embarked upon to find out the impact of socio-economic status on children’s
educational life chances. Some of the problems of the study area stated in this work are;
children’s low school enrolment due to their parents’ low socio-economic status,
children’s educational achievement depending on parents’ education, and effects of
gender on children’s education. The population of the study are teachers and students in
SS1 in Basawa and Bomo districts and target population of 264 students and 48 teachers
were sampled. The study which is a correlational study used both quantitative and
qualitative instruments such as: self-designed questionnaire, unstructured interview
schedule, anecdotal records, and observation. Some of the findings of the study are:
children’s school enrollment is determined by parents’ socio-economic status and
children’s educational life chances depends on parents’ socio-economic status. Some of
the recommendations made in reference to the findings of the study were: Universal
Basic Education should implement free education scheme effectively especially in rural
areas and urban centres. Teachers should also be supervised concurrently in their service
of teaching in schools on how to relate to students without passing biased judgments
