EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SURULERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA LAGOS STATE
ABSTRACT
This research was aimed at finding out the effect of broken homes on the academic performance of students in some secondary schools student in Surulere Local government Area of Lagos State.
It was however discovered that many factors are responsible for broken homes. Also family as a social institution is the basic and primary agent socialization of a child. Therefore a child family background is very important and need to be carefully guided. Once a home is broken, the whole family disintegrates. The children are therefore affected economically, psychologically, physically and socially, especially in their academic performances.
The researcher revealed the effect of broken homes on the academic performances of students in chapter one. The historical and literature review were reveled in chapter two. Research methodology was revealed in chapter three, Chapter four revealed the data analysis and interpretation. Chapter five deal with the summary, conclusion and recommendation on the solutions of the problems of the chosen topic.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgment iv-vii
Abstract viii-x
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of the Study 1-6
1.2 Statement of the Problem 6-7
1.3 Purpose of the study 7-8
1.4 Significance of the study 8-10
1.5 Research questions 10
1.6 Research Hypotheses 10-11
1.7 Delimitation of the Study 11-12
1.8 Definition of terms 12-13
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 14
2.1 The Concept of Premarital Counselling 14-22
2.2 Goals of Premarital Counselling 22-27
2.3 Premarital Counselling Programmes 27-34
2.4 Resources for premarital Counselling 34-38
2.5 The Role of the family to intending couples 38-42
2.6 The Role of the church to intending couples 42-44
2.7 The Effect of premarital counselling 44-46
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Research Design 47
3.3 Population 48
3.4 The Sample and Sampling technique 48
3.5 Instrumentation 49-50
3.6 Administration of Instrument 50-51
3.7 Method of Data Analysis 51
CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION OF DATA AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
4.1 Presentation of Data 52-56
4.2 Testing of Hypothesis 56-62
4.3 Discussion of findings 62-64
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMEDATION
5.1 Summary 65
5.2 Conclusion 65-67
5.3 Recommendations 67-69
5.4 Suggestions for further studies 69
REFERERNCES 70-73
APPENDIXES 74-78
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Home is the house or place where someone stays or lives. It can be a place where you were born or stay as a child.
While family is a group of people who are related to each other including parents and their children, aunties, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers etc. it is a social institution that serves as the basic agents of primary socialization of a child. However, a child’s family status and background serves as bedrock to the child’s development in all perspective of life.
Hence, family has the following functions:
- Sexual access for the production of new members of the society.
- Socialization of new members
- Provision of economics support, division of labour or the organization of production, distribution and consumption.
- Family may also have political and religious function as the most basic corporate groups in the society.
Home is the basic foundation and character acquisition of a child that is the starting point of child’s informal education which therefore affects his/her social and academic performance negatively or positively.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Generally, people believe in keeping the ethological norms and value especially the African. As a result of this, the statement of broken homes usually gives bad representation to those concerned. Home is supposed to be a place of comfort and relaxation that entails love, tenderness, caring etc. which enables child to feel protected and secured.
Family unity is very essential and supersede every other relationship as far as life is concerned. Therefore when and where ever that relationship is missing, the child better performance is at risk.
A “BROKEN HOME” means a situation where married couples are not living together or has separated as a result of disagreement or incompatibility. It can also mean end of marital relationship.
Before this separation, it must have assumed that the couple has been experiencing some misunderstanding. For instance the main might have been playing some unaccepted characters like having an extra marital affair or change could occur in the man’s source of income which may degenerate and he could loose control of his house. Some factors must have been the bone of contention as regard the separation.
In Christian belief, divorce of broken home is not accepted, they strongly kick against it, hence the victim should bounce on the growing children. Broken homes are usually as a result of irrational decisions prior to marriages. They are:
- Reasons for the first live or attraction
- Religious and ethnical belief
- Improper courtship before marriage
- Social and family pressure
- Neglect of continuous and re-current mistakes by the partners.
- Inability to forfeit former usual attitudes
Reasons for the first love of attraction could actually leads to some psychological problems in marriage, on the long run, those attraction missing can lead to “BREAKUPS”. Thus says that ‘Love is blind” but marriage exposes the blindness. The couples might not see the attractions on the process and thus deprecation of love comes in. once the homes is broken children experience total deprivation and automatically feel insecure.
- The parental care and tenderness is no more.
- The joy of home i.e. comfort and relaxation
- The basic provision through joint support and combination of resources by both parents.
- The opportunity of learning good social behaviour as the example is lacking.
This study therefore is poised to enumerate the various cause and effects of broken homes and see into the possible solutions to this effect.
1.2 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The research work is aimed at finding the causes, effects and solutions of broken homes in the academic performance of students in some secondary schools in Surulere Local government Area Lagos State.
The project work carried out its subjects to a number of limitations in order to perfect its effectiveness. Problems encountered in this research work or study at the process of data collection is:
- Reluctancy of parents/students to give information about the broken homes
- Time factor is another hindrance, transportation to run and fro in completion of the project.
- Poor responses as regard the questionnaires also hinder the success of the study.
- Finally, the study or the research is limited to some selected secondary schools in Surulre Local Government Area.
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The study is aimed at examining the reasons, effects and possible solutions of broken homes on students in some secondary schools in Surulere local Government area of Lagos State. It looks at the parental care, the contributions of the extended family and societal system to the incidence of broken homes and ways of reducing the high rate of marital breakdown in the society.
- What are the general characteristics of student from broken homes?
- Can they learn well when their parents are not economically and socially sound?
- Is it possible for children from broken to learn faster than those living with their parents at home?
- What are the roles to play as a teacher in order to assist those children or students?
- These questions should be answered in the process of this study.
1.4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Under normal condition in our society today, there is no doubt that broken homes is likely to create a lot of impact in the life of students who fell into victim.
The separation should go a long way in physically, psychologically, economically, socially and otherwise especially in the academic performance.
Presently, in our country, broken homes, are increasing everyday and should be control to avoid being pandemic.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- To what extent do broken homes affect the academic performance of student in some selected secondary school in Surulere local Government Area?
- What are the contributions of the extended families and the society to the incidences of broken homes?
- To what extent do broken homes at the social live of some student in Surulere Local Government Area?
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Based on the theme of this project, which is to study the effect of broken homes on the academic performance of some student in secondary schools in Surulere Local Government Area.
This will look into the fundamental causes of broken homes the notable effect discovered in the school and suggestions on ways through which those problems could be solved and how the affect students should be survived and improved on their academic performance.
As a result of this study, questionnaire is going to be administered on the population which is to be selected from four different schools from Surulere local Government Area.
Data collection should be both primary and secondary method, this is information from magazines, textbooks, mass media, journal, internet. Also information from interview, questionnaire, and literature review which is primary information.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This study will motivate and alert the scholars, teachers, parents, government leaders towards reducing the nonchalance on these broken homes. The study is poised to:
- Identify the causes of broken homes in the society.
- Identify the problems created by instability in homes
- Expose the effects of broken homes on the general academic performance
- Correct the wrong notion about divorce and discourage future families from any idea of future divorce or separations
- Help the policy maker in developing strategies that will help affected children in the society and also reduce the social illness known as “Broken Homes”.
1.8 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
HOME: A place or house where someone lives.
FAMILY: A group of people closely related by blood.
NUCLEAR FAMILY: This comprises father, mother and children.
EXTENDED FAMILY: This include two or more families
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