THE EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT
The
research examined the effect of broken homes on the academic performance of
pupils in all primary school in Moba Local Gvoernment; two hundred pupils were
involved from different school in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The
instrument used for data collection was student questionnaire and teacher’s
questionnaire as well as the individual academic performance of the pupils
involved. From the result, it was found out that ;
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Broken homes affect pupils academic
performance
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Broken homes affect academic performance
of pupils in primary schools
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Broken homes cause pupils to have
emotional disturbance
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Attitude of child from broken homes
affect academic performance in primary school
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Broken homes affect pupils from doing
their homes work always
Thus, both
parents should make all effort to stay together in order to help their children
achieve higher academically. This is because no matter how little, broken home
always have adverse effect on the children form such homes especially in their
academic performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
List of tables
Table of content
CHAPTER
ONE: INTRODUCTION
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Background to the Study
State of the problem
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Research question
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Limitation of the study
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Definition of the terms
CHAPTER
TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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Academic
performance in relation to some factors
of
broken homes on emotional disequilibrium
Broken homes as it affect the
adolescents school attendance
Gender
and home environment of the child as they
influence
academic performance
Broken homes and educational
mal-practices
Broken
home as it affects the financial position of
children
from such home
The effect of broken home on the child
Broken home and moral discipline
CHAPTER
THREE: RESEARCH METHOD
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Population of the Study
Sample and Sampling Techniques
Research Instrument
Reliability of the Instrument
Validity of Instrument
Data Analysis
CHAPTER
FOUR: ANALYSIS OF DATA AND RESULT
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Results and Discussion
CHAPTER FIVE:
SUMMARY CONCLUSION
AND
RECOMMENDATION
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Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background
to the study
An
important and most publicized aspect of broken home is the effect it has on
children after a marriage has been dissolved; the children as well as the
couple suffer its consequences.
Cultural
customs influence divorce so too does personality, for example when women see
themselves primarily as wives and mothers and subordinates their needs to those
of their families divorce is less likely. But on the other hand, when woman
focus on their potential for growth and achievement, tolerance or unhappiness
drops, and divorce rate rises.
The
child who lives with one of his parents is deprived of many things and the
level of his former standard of living will fall if the child lives with
another family he or she may not feel at home often.
When
parents remain in a distressing marriage, there is evidence of reduced
parenting ability and problems in children. Adolescents experience felling of
increase inability and stress, conflicting loyalties, anger and worries about
their parents and their own future.
Therefore,
this study is out of examine the effects of broken home on the child’s academic
achievement.
Statement
of the problem
Many
research findings have established the fact that 50% of adolescents are from
broken homes. In the present
socio-economic situation, many parents have little or no time for their
children. Hence, the way a child is
brought up by his parents will have a tremendous impact on his academic
performance.
This
has manifested itself in the poor performance of pupils in the primary school
leaving examinations.
Thorndike
(2000), in his law of mental act, said that lack of mental set brings set back
in learning. This implies that adolescent would find it difficult to learn if
there is any unresolved problems that is troubling them. Also many children
that possess ability cannot succeed because they believe that they have
disabilities which cannot be overcome.
It
is also observed that children from distrusted families tend to have lower
socio-economic and educational attainment and also higher rate of instability
in their marriage. This study is therefore geared towards examining the effect
of broken homes on the child’s learning outcome.
Research
question
The following research questions were
formulated to guide the study;
a.
Does broken homes affect pupils academic
performance?
b.
Does the child from broken homes has
regular attendance in the school?
c.
Does pupils from broken homes has
emotional disturbance?
d.
Does attitude of child from broken homes
has regular at attendance in the school?
e.
Does pupils from broken home always
doing their home work?
Purpose
of the study
The
study intended to examine the effects of broken homes on the academic
performance of pupils in some selected primary schools.
This
study is to examine whether there is any significant difference in the academic
performance of pupils from broken homes and those from stable homes.
Significance
of the study
This
study is an attempt to help both parents’ teachers, and the students in
particular to observe if there is any relationship between parental separation
and academic performance of the pupils in the primary schools.
The
study is intended to let the readers know and be aware of the damage a broken
homes of family can do o the child academic performance.
Also
the main purpose of study parent child verses the home factors interactions is
to generate and about what types of children result from broken homes
atmosphere.
Limitation
of the study
The
study is limited to the impacts of broken homes on academic performance. All
other areas of human activities are not covered because of time constrains.
It is only the study of
four primary school in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Definition
of terms
[1] SEPARATION:
- This exist when a man and his wife cease to live together. Separation could
be by accident or by death. It could be legal or through mutual consent of the
parties may be custodian of the children.
[2] Adolescence:
- Adolescence is a Latin word meaning to grow into maturity. It refers to the
transitory period or stage the individual inevitable passes through in his
growth from childhood to adulthood.
[3] Broken
Homes: - This refers to material disorganization or break up of love and
understanding leading to a strained relationship between a hither to happily
married couple. The marriage will be dissolved formally resulting in
separation.
[4] Emotion:
Is an effective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hatred or
the like is experienced distinguished from the cognitive and conditional state
of consciousness.
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