CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF BROKEN HOMES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
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ABSTRACT
This project work deals with the effect of broken homes on the academic performance of students in College of Education, Ekiadolor Benin City. School of Vocation, School of Science, School of Arts and social sciences, School of Language all in College of Education Ekiadolor Benin City. In pursuance of the study, certain effects which require solution were identified and they are that students from broken homes suffer a lot of psychological and emotional disturbances, which leads to academic and social backwardness in schools. The study employed descriptive survey design. A total of 300 primary six students from broken home took part in the study; out of which sixty-nine (23%) students whose parents are dead, one hundred and eleven (37%) students from separated parents and one hundred twenty (40%) students from divorced parents. Academic Performance Test score on English Language and Mathematics (APTELM) was used for data collection. Three research questions were answered with mean and standard deviation and three hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the analysis indicated that parental death had no significant differential influence on the academic performance of tertiary education Boys and Girls. Similarly, result also showed no significant differential influence of parental separation and divorce on academic performance of students in the study area. Finally result of analysis also revealed a significant differential influence of parental care on academic performance of students brought up by either the fathers or the mothers. Based on these findings, it was recommended that Counsellors, School Psychologists, Teachers and school authorities should pay attention to set of students that lost their parents through proper counselling and other supportive services, in order to make them focused on their academic activities. Students from separated and divorce parents should be encouraged and given all support to enhance their academic performance irrespective of gender through counseling interventions.
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