ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to attempt to find the role Polygamous play in the performance of a child. This question has raised other questions for varying reasons. And scholars in education and psychology have attempted to proffer a solution in this regard which would lead to good performance of the child educationally.
To help solve this question some statement were drawn up such as;
1. In a polygamous home education of the child is not often given top priority.
2. Having many children in a polygamous home affects the educational prospect of the child.
3. In polygamous homes parental motivation and supervision are lacking the methodology of this study shows statistics comprehension of the research based on the data collected. Data collected were analyzed with the instrument of a percentage.
The last chapter is a summary of the work conclusion and recommendations of the project.
From the findings, some recommendations were made such as;
1. It is recommended that people should be practicing monogamy. Even if polygamous is to be practiced. It should be for the wealth group who have the needed recourse to career for the well being of individual family
2. On the part of he government, the public should be enlightened at regular intervals on how to live happily in a family. Government should also make people to be aware of the implication of polygamous system of marriage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE – Introduction
1.1 Statement of problems
1.2 Purpose of study
1.3 Significant of study
1.4 Research hypothesis
1.5 Scope of he stud
1.6 Limitation of the study
1.7 Definitions of terms
1.8 Assumptions
CHAPTER TWO – Literature Review
Implication of polygamous family
CHAPTER THREE – Method of Study
Research design
Area of study
Population
Sample and sampling procedure
Instrument for data collection
Validation of the instrument
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis and questionnaire
CHAPTER FOUR – Discussion and Analysis of Data
CHAPTER FIVE – Discussion and finding,
conclusion and recommendation
51 Discussion and findings
52 Summary
53 Conclusion
54 Recommendation
REFERENCE
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
There are many shades of interest in Nigeria due to different tribes, states, towns and villages that makes up the country. Every individual has certain interest of needs both in material and emotional. The different interest gives rise to the different type of marriage that abounds in Nigeria.
The types of marriage found in Nigeria are polygamous, monogamy extended family to mention a few. This indulgence has to do with the needs and status of the individual.
This study is prompted by the practice of polygamous in this country and its effect on the educational performance of a child.
Polygamous marriage is a system of marriage in which a man maries more than one wife at a time. The number of wives which ranges from two to many or may not depend on the status. Religious and economic capability of the man. This form of marriage was given rise to what sociologists often refer to as the extended family. Thus Bell and Vogal {1980} define extended family as any grouping broader than the nuclear family which is related by descent marriage of adoption. This is a common practice in Nigeria the varying structure of any family from society to society has brought this practice.