PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Students with Intellectual disabilities are those characterized by significant limitation in both functioning and 
adaptive skills in their daily living. These limitations have contributed to low academic performance. Based on this, 
the study examined perceived influence of home environment on the academic performance on student with 
intellectual disability. The study adopted was descriptive survey research design, one hundred and twenty (120) 
respondents across Ilorin, Kwara state were purposefully selected. The instrument for this data collection was titled 
perceived influence of home environment on academic performance of students with intellectual disability 
(PIHEAPSID) r=0.80. One research question was stated, and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 significant level. The 
research question was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, percentage, and frequency counts while 
independent sample T test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study 
revealed that level of home environment is positive (mean=3.1), it was also reviewed that there is no significant 
difference on perceived influence of home environment on academic performance of students with intellectual 
disability in Ilorin, Kwara state based on gender (p<0.05). It was concluded that home environment influences 
academic performance of students with intellectual disability, therefore, the study recommended that the home 
environment should be made conducive enough to ensure safety and uninterrupted environment, and adequate 
support both financially and materially from home for students in order to encourage them perform better 
academically.