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The Influence Of Parental Separation On Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students
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Parental
separation doesn't automatically doom an adolescent to poor grades and
lower test scores. Children who continue having warm, close
relationships with their parents tend to fare better academically than a
child who doesn’t. Further, children who were previously living in a
home where parents fought or were abusive toward one another tended to
do better with the separation because their home life became more
stable. In the end, an adolescent's academic success likely isn't
harmed, despite separation, if he has a stable home life and involved
parents.
The period of adolescence which most students pass through
is very important to the development of an individual. Any laxity on the
part of the parents in assisting and guiding the adolescents may result
in academic backwardness and development of unwholesome behaviours, the
foundation of what a person becomes in the society is laid in the home
and at the initial stage of life. Parents therefore have important roles
to play in seeing to it that the youths acquire the appropriate social,
psychological, moral and academic development.
In Nigeria, among the
Yorubas for example, the parental roles are culturally determined.
Maternal role is that of childcare and home making while the paternal
role is that of economic responsibilities and discipline of children.
Generally, it is the responsibility of the family, to train and bring up
the child in the norms and values of the society. They are to be
responsible for the psychological and emotional welfare of the child.
The parents are mainly responsible for the educational and career
development of their children. However, divorce and separation of
various kinds or death of one spouse may leave the roles in the hands of
a single parent. A considerable amount of research has recognized the
importance of social contexts in determining engaging school behaviour
of adolescents. In general, the emphasis has been placed on three
different socialization agents, namely family, teachers and peers
(Fredricks, Blumenfeld & Paris, 2004; Simons-Morton & Chen,
2009; Stewart, 2007). In their article, they focus on the family as it
is often considered as the most important socialization agent for
youngsters (Grusec & Davidov, 2007; Hillaker, Brophy-Herb,
Villarruel, & Haas, 2008). Driven by the sharp increase in family
instability, the question is raised whether this would have lasting
negative consequences on school outcomes of adolescents, as education is
considered the key factor in determining the long-term economic success
of adolescents. Living in a non intact family makes adolescents more
likely to be less engaged and detached from school and work (Brown,
2004; Hess, 2010).
Education is becoming more and more one of the
most important social cleavages within society, as it clearly divides
the haves from the have-nots (Berlin, Furstenberg, & Waters, 2010).
Individuals with a higher educational degree have more chances at the
labour market, whereas those with a lower educational degree struggle
more to find a job and often have a lower occupational status and income
(Pong, 1997; Amato, 2005). For adolescents, school forms one of the
most important life spheres. Next to their home and family, adolescents
spend most of their time at school, because education forms a clear
stratifying mechanism in society, school outcomes of youngsters are
important to investigate. They signal the future position of adolescents
within society. Whereas the objective school outcomes for adolescents
have been studied abundantly (Astone & Mclanahan, 1994; Bean, 1985;
Evans, Kelley, & Wanner, 2001), the more subjective school outcomes
are equally important to investigate (Van Houtte, 2004).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the influence of parental Separation on Academic Achievement of Secondary School Student in Lagos Educational District II. Descriptive research design was used. The population for the study comprised all the secondary school students in Lagos Educational District II. Stratified Random technique was used to collect the sample. The instrument for the study was a self construct questionnaire titled “Influence of parental separation on academic Achievement of secondary scho ... Continue reading---
