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The Influence Of Parental Separation On Academic Achievement Of Secondary School Students
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Statement of the Problem
Often
times it is said that a child is a product of his immediate environment
and this environment ranges from the physical environment to the social
environment to the genetic or biological environment. These
environmental factors would to a large extent determine the behavioural
pattern of these children of which the attitude to their academics would
not be left out. Needless to say that the family as an agent of
socialization in the environment has an effect on the academic
performance of adolescents because the kind of family one comes from
affects his or her academic performance.
The school performance of
students could be traced back to their homes as we view that the home is
the first point of call for every individual so any way an individual
is raised from the home whether by a single parent or both parents would
most likely affect the academic achievement of the children.
Separation
of parents from children tends to pose a serious threat to attainment
of their educational goals since they (the children affected) lack the
necessary parental role or care from parents. This is a problem that
needs to be addressed so as to avoid any possible backwardness in
academic attainment of students concerned.
There are many students
within our school system that come from single parent or separated
parent families. Due to the many issues that stems from such family
model, some students are unable to reach their full potential. As such
parent model rapidly becomes the norm, it is necessary to find a way to
address these issues so as to provide students and parents with
solutions to help them achieve or perform to their highest ability.
In
essence, separation of parents may be caused by various factors such as
geographical location, nature of family, parental socio-economic status
to family size and parents wish among others.
It is therefore a
necessity that for any separation to occur, caution should be taken to
avert the level of negative effect it could have on a student affected.
It
is against this backdrop that a study of this magnitude becomes
imperative with a view to investigate the effect of parental separation
on academic achievement of students in some selected secondary schools
in Education District II in Lagos State.
Purpose of the Study
The
major objective of this study is to investigate the influence of
parental separation on the academic achievement of secondary schools
students in Lagos Educational District II. Specifically, the researcher
seek to :
1. Investigate the influence of single parent family on students academic performance
2. Investigate the influence of parent socio- economic status on students academic performance
3. Investigate if students from single parent family will performed better than students intact family
4. Investigate if students gender have any influence on students academic performance
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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---
