Effect of Broken Homes on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Nigeria

Effect of Broken Homes on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE

Significance of the Study

The purpose of this study is to find out causes of broken home on academic performance of secondary schools students in Nigeria.  This is with a view to suggest ways of minimizing and overcoming the problem. Home play very significant role in child personality formation and socialization, broken homes are identified as one of the factor that undermined the socialization process at home, which consequently affect the performance of student. If the concern of education, secondary schools in particular is to look after socialization process of the child as well as his intellectual development, then this research work would be of great importance to parents and educators, teacher and society at large that absence of one or both of the parent affect children educational career.

CHAPTER TWO

Literature Review

Summary of Literature Review.

Attempts were made in this chapter to define the concept broken home various definition provided by earlier researchers with more emphasis on divorce as the control issue.

West (2006) most of the researchers however arrived of a definition with control issue being that the parent are no more living together as husband and wife. In an attempt to portray the nature of broken home divorce, dealt of parent and separations have been identified as being the cause of broken homes. Divorce has its cause identified further economic booms, post war period, in the relationship between home and academic performance. The student of the broken home are said to be likely to find themselves in one of three situations that is being catered for a single parent, being read each of this variable brings some hardship to the students.

The literature review in this section agued in support and against. The view that it is the next conditions prevailing in the broken homes that is responsible for students low performance. A number of students show that children of divorce home are intact unlike unhappy homes. Irrespective of its possible implication to teachers in schooling setting, the literature revealed that the problem mostly re-encountered  by subject of broken homes are those frustration, insecurity, anxieties and emotional feelings such problems made the children unable to concentrate in the claim and subsequently fail to achieve. In general teachers are advised to understand the problems of broken homes children so as to able to treat them along side with other children.

Researchers like Yusuf (2002), have carried out a study on this topic. He has covered several of the effect of broken homes on students academic performance. Inferiority complex is a result of lack of care, love, security, social state and affection inferiority complex is a psychological deficiency that can affect the academic of the individual students

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Reliability of the Instrument.
The instrument adopted for this research was found reliable as it has been cross checked by expert and confirmed to be worthy enough to seek for information. The researchers also adopted a test and re – test, where by the instruments was retested a week after the first test.

Method of Data Collection.

The descriptive statistic (mean X) was used in analyzing the data collected. A mean of 2.5 and above indicates agreement with the item stated while a mean of 2.49 and below indicates disagreement.

CHAPTER  FOUR

Data Presentation and Analysis

ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE BY SEX

TABLE 

SEX	FREQUENCY	PERCENTAGE
MALE	97	48.5%
FEMALE	103	51.5%
TOTAL	200	100

SOURCE: Field survey by researchers 2012
INTERPRETATION: The table above shows that 48.5% of the respondents were male while 51.5% were female
Research Question : Does home has any significant effect on secondary school student in Nigeria?
TABLE 

S/N	ITEMS	X	F	FX	COMPUTATION	DECISION
1	Home plays significant in child upbringing	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	150 50 – – 200	600 150 – – 750	3.75	ACCEPTED
9	Absence of one or both parent of the student  affect academic performance	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	162 38 200	648 114 762	3.81	ACCEPTED
10	Children of the divorce are often more anxious and sensitive which affect their academic performance	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	155 45 – – 200	620 135 – – 755	3.78	ACCEPTED
12	Low self-esteem and depression are also common symptom of a child whose parents are separated	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	170 30 – – 200	680 90 – – 770	3.85	ACCEPTED
13	Children who have separated or divorced parents are more likely to have difficult interacting socially with peers, sibling teacher and other adult	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	125 75 – – 200	500 225 – – 725	3.63	ACCEPTED
18	It is been believed that children are damaged by the divorce of their parent and that predisposed them to delinquently and emotional mal-adjustment	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	130 70 – – 200	520 210 – – 730	3.65	ACCEPTED
20	Divorce has its cause identified in economic booms, post war period in the relationship between home and academic performance of students.	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	168 32 – – 200	672 96 – – 768	3.84	ACCEPTED

SOURCE: Field survey by the researchers 2012.
INPRETATION: The table above shows that the effect of  broken home on the academic performance of secondary school student in Nigeria has the real effect on student  this is evidenced in the respondents’ responses where majority Strongly Agreed and Agreed that home play significant in child upbringing, Absence of one or both parent of student affect academic performance and Divorce has its cause identified in economic booms post war period in the relationship between home and academic performance of students. I view of this the researchers concluded that home has any significant effect on secondary school student in Nigeria?

Research Question Does broken home have any significant effect on the academic performance of secondary school student?
TABLE III

S/N	ITEM	X	F	FX	COMPUTATION	DECISION
3	Broken home have effect on academic performance of students	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	170 30 – – 200	680 90 – – 770	3.85	ACCEPTED
4	Broken home affect secondary school students achievement	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	168 38 – – 200	648 114 – – 762	3.81	ACCEPTED
7	Student from broken home perform poorly in school	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	133 67 – – 200	532 201 – – 733	3.67	ACCEPTED
15	Broken homes contributed a lot to anti-social behavior society and school	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	169 31 – – 200	676 93 – – 769	3.85	ACCEPTED
17	The relationship between home variable and academic performance are positive but the broken home made it negative	SA=4 A=3 SD=2 D=1 TOTAL	147 50 3 – 200	588 150 6 – 744	3.72	ACCEPTED

SOURCE: Field survey by researchers 2012.

INTERPRETATION: The above table shows clearly that broken home have significant effect on the academic performance of secondary school student as the respondent responses majority Strongly Agreed and Agreed that broken home have effect on academic performance of student, broken home contributed to anti-social behavior of student in school and society and broken home or student from broken home perform poorly in school. To this effect we concluded that broken home significant effect on the academic performance of secondary school student.

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDATION FOR FURTHER STUDY

The following points may be put into consideration by anybody who wish to conduct research in this area that is “the effect of broken homes on academic performance of Secondary school students in Nigeria ” in future.

 

1. The researcher(s) may consider using the marks obtained by Secondary school students in examination as this can be used for Statistical analysis, for a more fairly accurate result.
2. The researcher(s) should have more time enough to enable them collect the relevant data recommended above.
3. Questionnaires should be used to seek information on the student’s background, school facilities and variables that are known to affect the academic achievement of Secondary school students.
4. The researcher(s) may consider using examination result of senior secondary certificate examination (S.S.C.E) as this will enable the Researcher to judge the students accordingly.
5. The researcher(s) may also consider using population of students in higher institutions to see the number of Secondary school students from broken homes that further their studies and how they cope with the society as grown up children in the polytechnics, colleges of education and universities.

REFERENCES

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• GRYCH, J.H. and FINCHAM, F.D. (1992). “Interventions for Children of Divorce: Toward Greater Integration of Research and Action”, Psychological Bulletin, 111(3), 434 – 454.
• GUIDUBALDI, J. and PERRY, J.D. (1995). “Divorce, Socio-economic Status, and Children’s
• GURR R. T. (1990). Why Men Rebel, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970; (24); Hall, J. (1991). “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions”, Psychology Today, November (1991), 5,51-54; 86-88 in Conflict and Conflict Management by Kenneth Thomas.
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QUESTIONNAIRE

This is a questionnaire prepare by students of the department of vocational and technical education in the quest to carry out research on the Effect of Broken Homes on Academic  Performance of Secondary Schools Student ,with emphasis on some selected secondary school.

It  in view of this that we urge you to fill in the information therein as appropriate to the best of your ability as your response will be treated with confidence.