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The Influence Of Parental Separation On Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students
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These latter
types of school outcomes are in the same way part of their school
experience that forms them and leads to several consequences within
their current and later life (Johnson, Crosnoe, & Elder, 2001). To
illustrate, disengaged students will have lower academic and career
aspirations, which can limit their career options (Finn & Rock,
1997; Kenny, Blustein, Chaves, Grossman, & Gallagher, 2003).
Adolescents
difficulties in school often originate outside the school environment.
This therefore placed emphasis on parental separation as a factor that
influences adolescents academic performance. They examined the
subjective outcome of school engagement that considers whether
adolescents are concerned with their studies, if they are inquisitive
and eager to learn, or if they dislike school and are averted to their
studies. They searched for differences between adolescents in intact and
non-intact families. Does growing up in a broken family affect academic
performance? Are adolescents who experienced a parental separation
differently affected by family contexts when school engagement is
analyzed? Answers to these questions would tell the extent to which
parental separation can affect the academic performance of adolescents
in schools.
Single parenting could be defined as a situation in which
one of the two individuals, involved in the conception of the child is
being responsible for upbringing of the child. Single parenthood may
arise when either the male or female decides to produce and rear a child
or children outside wedlock. A child from homes where the father and
the mother are present will be well taken care of and socialised in the
best way possible (Asana, 2008). This is due to the fact that the
process of socialization depends on both parents playing complimentary
roles in bringing up the child. Such a child is likely to achieve
self-actualisation later in life, Children from single-parent homes are
likely to suffer deprivation and denial of some rights and
opportunities. Adolescents' from-broken homes are usually associated
with anti-social behaviour and poor academic records. The problem of
deprivation of a second parent is bad enough but when the remaining
parent cannot cope with the resultant problems a tragic situation
arises. In such a situation, the child becomes a misfit in the society.
The
family is the first socialising agent the child comes into contact
with, it has a great influence on the child's physical, mental and moral
development (Brien, 2006). The family lays the foundation of education
before the child goes to school and the personality that the child takes
to school is determined by the home. It’s important to note that both
parents have roles to play in child education. The father is to provide
the necessary tools for the educational advancement while the mother is
supposed to supplement the father's efforts in this regard. When the
father is absent and the mother is not privileged enough to cater for
all the basic needs as well as supervised the academic performance of
the child he/she (the child) will be backward or withdrawn.
The same
thing occurs when the mother is absent and the father is not privileged
enough (Fisbet, 2005). A single parent faces doubled responsibilities
requiring time, attention and money of the parent- Hence, less attention
is paid to the education of the child. Teachers commonly describe
children from single or separate parents as more hostile, aggressive,
anxious, fearful, hyperactive and distractible than children from intact
families. Hence, the need to Investigate the influence of single
parent family on students academic performance, Investigate the
influence of parent socio- economic status on students academic
performance, Investigate if students from single parent family will
performed better than students intact family, Investigate if students
gender have any influence on students academic performance to the
purpose of study as it goes a long way on student academic achievement.
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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---
