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Causes And Effects Of Broken Homes On The Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
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1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
i. To what extent does broken home affect the academic achievement of student?
ii. How does maltreatment from step parents contribute to the students’ academic performance in school?
iii.
What are the significant differences in the average academic
performance of students from broken homes and students from unbroken
homes?
iv. What are the problems associated with broken homes?
v. How can these problems be minimized?
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Due
to financial and time constraints the study is limited to selected
schools in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of OgunState, the study
is also limited to material resources available to the researcher during
the course of the study.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It
is expected that the research work would serve as a reference to those
who may carry out similar research in the future. The rate of marriage
failure is on the increase in our modern society. As the saying goes
“when two elephants fight on the grass, it is the grass that suffer?
What becomes of children born to such a family is nobody’s concern. It
is therefore pertinent that a timely study be carried out in order to
give useful suggestions and recommendation to teachers on how to help
such unfortunate children to learn properly in school so that they can
come out with a good academic performance in school for themselves and
be useful to the society as well.
As a matter of fact institution s
like UNICEF, Ford foundation and others have shown genuine interest and
concern for Western Children in similar conditions like those in Africa.
The impact of these aforementioned organizations has not been felt in
most parts of Nigeria as a nation. It is therefore necessary that a
radically guided research of this nature be carried out in this part of
the world.
This dearth of search is also the rational for this study
in order to expose the problems of the broken homes and a resultant
consequence of the education of children from such homes. It will help
in finding solution to problems identified.
Lastly, it will expose
teachers to the problems discussed and its effects on education, with a
view to working out modality of helping students from such background to
learn better.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Marriage: it is the legal relationship between a husband and wife
Home: the house or apartment that one lives in, especially with your family
Learning: a relatively pertinent to permanent change in the behavior of an individual as result the learning.
Performance: This is the ability to successfully carry out a given task following instructions.
Standard:
This concept is used in the research to mean the expected level of
quality or specified level of academic excellence and its attainment in
the system.
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