ABSTRACT
This research work is on the effect of broken homes on the academic performance of secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Different opinions and views of people on the effect of broken homes system can be eradicated on this area was reviewed. ten research questions were drawn and hypothesis was made. The researcher administered questionnaires to the people in the area under study, which serves as a major source of instrument for data collection, unstructured oral interview and personal observation, were also made. The data collected were then analyzed using simple percentage. The findings were discussed and summarized, conclusion was drawn from the research findings and this goes to show that broken homes on the academic performance of secondary school students system has a lot of problems in Oredo Local Government Area. Based on this finding suggestions were made by the researcher on how best to solve these problems.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Purpose of study
Significance of study
Scope of study
Research question
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
Research design
Population
Sample and sampling procedure
Validation of the instrument
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis and discussion of result
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
Having a good family background being with cohabitation is the basic for an improved mind set which may leads to good dusting, dusting therefore is a thing of the mindset is often influenced by family lifestyle, community lifestyle and associate personal life.
In the context of the project, we shell consider how communally life style or cohabitation influence offspring’s especially in the ordinary level of education popularly known as secondary school, suing Edo state as a region of study, with Oredo Local Government as an area of study, one of the lifestyle that is very obvious in this local government of this state is broken homes.
According to oxford advanced learners dictionary broken homes is define as a family in which the parents are divorced or separated. This act being from and extend to a community even to association. In Oredo it has become the major barricade to the growth and development of children in school .Many woman have given birth to children who have no father ,you can think of how such children will behave when they start school that is to say that broken is affiliated to indiscipline and sex lust immoral act of some irresponsible men and women even adolescent young stars. This immoral act led to the dead of many innocent souls in abortion and abandonment in gutter and toilet. The servicing ones in school especially colleges of educations in Oredo Local Government Area, go through problem such as poor financial support, hunger, lack of self confidence, humiliation, fear of the disillusionment in the life among other devastating challenges.
As a matter of facts, students from broken homes in college of education of Oredo Local Government live a life style that portrait frustration .
You can see this in their appearances. A more view of them would bring many questions and idea to your mind, one of which would centre on the effects.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
As a result of improper parental care, parental advice and counseling and rebuke the students are dull in learning, always struggling in class, poor physical outfit and disadvantaged, non hesitant in joining cult and bullying.
According to professions association of teachers the harmful effect of widespread divorce and single parents families in Oredo Local Government area is alarming. The demise of tradition family is creating a toxic cycle of school failure, poverty and crime. Many student struggles in class because they are brought up in chaotic home without married mothers and fathers.