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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The marriage of a youth in ancient
society was parts of the responsibilities of his parents. The young man had no
choice as to the choice of wife. In some cases a wife was married to him at a
time. He could not accept to keep a wife. And all maintenance was done by the
parents. Such marriages were regarded to be sacred and respected by the
spouses. Parents were unnecessarily getting as to where their son was going to
get his wife from.
Marriages
arranged by parents on the basis of family friendship ties rarely broke up in
the past. Divorce which is the legal ending of marriage was also very rare in
the past, because of the penalty associated with proven fidelity and the fear
offending elders of both families. In Nigeria, there are clearly defined types
of marriage. We have the church or statutory marriage, those performed at
mosques and marriage constituted according to native law and customs of any
ethnic group.
One
of the purposes of marriage is to have children and establish a family. When
these children eventually arrive, they are regarded as blessing from God and
they become both social and economic assets to their parents. The family this
time needs a home to live in and feel secured. Thus, home becomes a place where
children are nurtured to become responsible to both themselves and the society
in general. Such a home should be built on love, rust, mutual understanding and
good planning to be able to met its universal goals. In a situation where love
and understanding is lacking, such a home becomes filled with crack and
fissures. Also, tension and anxiety becomes the order of the day. Thus
intimately may result in divorce therefore become a personal misfortune for
either of the spouse in any society. Although it may be considered as a
universal escape for the inevitable tension in marriage.
Divorce
is actually a legal dissolution of the marital union which, involve the
governance of the marriage bind between a husband and his wife.
For
a marriage to be successful there is the need for the couple to be in harmony
mentally, physically and spiritually. In other words, the husband and the wife
must have a common goal and each have to contribute his or her own towards the
fulfillment in the family and the key word should be love.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
There
are many problems with divorce or broken homes which at the long run reflect on
the performance of children in schools. Some of these problems are;
i.
There is increase in domestic work and
redistribution of household chores, which leaves the children with little or no
time for their studies
ii.
In security, step parent do not show much
love and affection to their step children. Thus, these children suffer from
mental retardation, personality improvement and are always miserable. They show
behavioral responses like lying, stealing, building and playing truant in
school.
iii.
Also, it has been observed that children
from broken homes suffer some other problems such as non-provision of some
basic material needs like non-provision of some basic materials needs like
food, clothing and learning material etc.
iv.
Greeting of a gap on the children’s
existence because there is no adult to guide and direct their behavior and
desires as children learn by limitation.
In
view of this, the researcher is forced to wonder whether extra-relationship and
financial problem could lead to broken home, and if broken homes, are they
causes of decrease in the performance of children in schools. In that, a closer
look at the turn out of secondary school graduates these days reveals a lot of
half-cooked, half-boiled and half-baked scholars academically, socially and
otherwise.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
researcher is interested in the study of causes, problems and effects of
divorce or broken homes in the performances of children in schools because of
the present decrease children’s performance in schools which is giving much
concern to most Nigerians as to where we are heading to. In view of this, this
study is geared towards identifying the causes and problem of broken homes and
the effects on the performance of children in some selected secondary schools
in Oredo local government area. Also, to educated married couples and the
general public of the consequences of divorce and or broken homes on the
children and to encourage them to live harmoniously in order to bring up
children who will successfully fit into the society and become useful to
themselves and finally make necessary recommendations.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
It is hoped that findings from this study
will enrich programmes of teaching social studies. The researcher is interested
in the study of effect of divorce on the performance of children in schools
because whatever happens in the home has a bearing therefore necessary to
educate the youngsters who are yet to marry about the problems and causes of
divorce and their consequences on the children. It will also make youngsters to
be discriminative in their choice of mate. Findings from this study will and
building from parent who have thought divorce in the understanding of the
problem experienced by their parent and give them assurance about their
children.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
With
references to the present decrease in the performance of students due to
inappropriate care and insecurity of students from broken homes in most
secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, the researcher is eager to
find out what exactly are the causes of their problem. Could it be broken home?
If yes, what are the consequences on the children of such marriage? So bearing
this problem in mind and having mention reasons for investigation, the
following researcher questions are there fore formulated.
a.
What are the causes of divorce on the academic
performance of students?
b.
Does divorce has any effect on the academic
performance of students
c.
Do couples realize that problem in marriage
can lead to divorce?
d.
Does psychological and emotional
disturbance lead to academic and social backwardness of students in schools?
e.
Does security and unruly attitude of
stepmothers to students from broken homes lead them to steal in school?
f.
What are the factors that can lead to
divorce?
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Friday 25 October 2013
EFFECT OF DIVORCE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
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