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Causes And Effects Of Broken Homes On The Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
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Since parenthood has been found to adversely affect the learning
situation of human being particularly the children, that is to say,
children who are reared in homes where parents are separated or divorced
are most likely to be faced with sleep disturbance in class while
learning become irritable, fearful, aggressive and withdrawn (Cole and
Cole 1993, Van der Zanden 1980). Studies further confirm that children
in one parent household not only do or perform poorly in school because
they tend to lack self-control, but also become disruptive in the class
rooms, instead of paying attention to what is being taught in class,
they are busy disturbing others who are ready to learn. In addition, it
is also reported that two years immediately after a mother’s marriage
break up, the mother exercise less control over her children than she
did before (Hetherington, Cox and Cos, 1982).
The problems children
from broken homes are facing with the resultant failure in school is a
serious affair that calls for the attention of all and sundry including
the government.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The family has
enormous amount of influence on the education of the child both directly
and indirectly. In the preschool or formative years of the child, the
home transmit culture and knowledge to the child correcting him where he
goes wrong and directing him in other various aspects of his life in
the society.
However, broken homes are very common ranging. From
voluntary separation, desertion, ejection, divorce etc. the problem
therefore is that broken homes have really caused a setback in the
education of the children born into these families, thereby affecting
the academic performance of these students.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The
study is to examine the problems associated with broken homes and how
it affects the education of children from such homes, it is hoped and
believed that this study will enlighten teachers of the problems
children from broken homes have to contend with,with a view to helping
them adjust properly to learning situation.
The study is equally
aimed at highlighting the unstable homes and its adverse effect on the
education of children from such homes and to intimates parents with the
problems associated with broken homes in order to minimize separation
and divorces.
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