Socio-Economic Status and Academic Performance of Scholars at Guimaras State College

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the socio-economic status and academic performance of scholars at Guimaras State College. A researchers-made questionnaire was personally administered to gather significant data. Total enumeration of the scholars for Academic Year 2014-2015 was taken as respondents. The socio-economic status revealed that 282 or 61.57% or most of them had a family monthly income of Php. 5,000.00 and below while 5 or 1.09% had Php. 20,000.00 to Php. 25, 000.00. It was also showed that 268 or 58.52% or most of them had 1 to 3 while only 5 or 1.09% had 7 to 9 family members. The academic performance of most of them was described to be "very good" at 289 or 63.10% while 4 or 0.87% were "passing". It was further showed that there were no significant differences in the scholarship programs of the college in terms of sex, civil status, home address, family monthly income and number of family dependents while there were significant differences in terms of age, course and year level. It was also revealed that there were no significant differences in the academic performance of the scholars when they were grouped according to age, civil status, and family monthly income while there were significant differences in terms of course, year level, home address and the number of family dependents. It was likewise shown that there was no significant relationship between scholarship programs and academic performance of the scholars which means that the scholarship programs did not affect the scholars' academic performance.