INFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOME ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN PAIKORO, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorYAKUBU, Abbas Paiko
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-07T09:55:45Z
dc.date.available2018-09-07T09:55:45Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research work investigated the influence of broken home on academic performance among primary school pupils in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. The study employed descriptive survey design. A total of 300 primary six pupils from broken home took part in the study; out of which sixty-nine (23%) pupils whose parents are dead, one hundred and eleven (37%) pupils from separated parents and one hundred twenty (40%) pupils from divorced parents. Academic Performance Test score on English Language and Mathematics (APTELM) was used for data collection. Three research questions were answered with mean and standard deviation and three hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the analysis indicated that parental death had no significant differential influence on the academic performance of primary school Boys and Girls. Similarly, result also showed no significant differential influence of parental separation and divorce on academic performance of primary school pupils in the study area. Finally result of analysis also revealed a significant differential influence of parental care on academic performance of primary school pupils brought up by either the fathers or the mothers. Based on these findings, it was recommended that Counsellors, School Psychologists, Teachers and school authorities should pay attention to set of pupils that lost their parents through proper counselling and other supportive services, in order to make them focused on their academic activities. Pupils from separated and divorce parents should be encouraged and given all support to enhance their academic performance irrespective of gender through counseling interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10317
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectINFLUENCE,en_US
dc.subjectBROKEN HOME,en_US
dc.subjectACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS,en_US
dc.subjectPAIKORO,en_US
dc.subjectNIGER STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleINFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOME ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN PAIKORO, NIGER STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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