Impact of Broken Home on the Academic Achievements of Primary School Students in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of broken home on the academic achievements of some selected primary school students in Nkanu Local Government Area. Five research questions guided the study. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The population for the study was eight primary schools in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu state. Through random sampling, three hundred (300) affected students and teachers were chosen out of the total population of about six thousand (6, 000) literature related to the study was reviewed. Data collected were presented in tables using means formular. The findings showed that children from broken homes are always late to school, they lack full concentration in class; they rarely complete their home work and school assignments. They loiter about the school compound because they lack learning materials. The findings from teachers showed that childlessness, issue of the sex of children, early marriage and parental involvement, academic and cultural differences contributed to broken home. The forms of marriage that contribute more to broken home are: court marriage, Islamic and traditional marriage. The findings showed that church marriage and monogamy marriage is the best form, since it is one man one wife and for better for worse till death do them part. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended that the Federal Government should create awareness through marriage training workshops, seminars and symposium on the causes and effect of broken home in children's academic achievements.