THE EFFECT OF BROKEN HOME ON SCHOOL DROP-OUT AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION IN SOME SELECTED SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT

The first chapter deals with information about effect of Broken home on school drop-out such as the statement of the study, the purpose of the study, the scope of the study, the significance of the study, the researcher assumption as well as definition of terms. The second chapter on the other hand deals with reviewing of related literature to find out more about what other researchers where able to find during their research findings. This is done by borrowing their ideas or opinions as regards the research topic. In the third chapter, the researcher discussed the methods used for data collection and analysis. And the findings of percentages. Chapter four discussed and work out the tabulation and data analysis. Finally, in the last chapter, the researcher discussed the summary of major findings, implication of the study, limitation of the study and suggestion for further studies. This researcher work has been based solely on students in broken homes. This research work is limited to effect of broken home on school drop-out alone.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Zangon Kataf Local Government is one of the twenty-three (23) Local Government areas in Kaduna State with the Headquarters in Zonkwa. It is bounded by Kachia Local Government, Jema’a Local Government, Kaura Local Government and Kauru Local Government. Zango Local Government is made up of three (3) chiefdoms are subdivided into 36 districts. Bajju chiefdom has 13 districts within the Atyap chiefdom having 14 districts, while Ikulu/Kamatan chiefdom has nine (9) districts. This investigation on the effects of broken homes on school drop out and the quality of their education in Kaduna State would be concentrated in Government Secondary School Samaru Kataf, Government Secondary School Madakiya, Government Secondary School Wadon, Government Secondary School Fadan Kaje and Government Secondary School Aduwan Gida Areas. The investigation is been carried out to school drop out as it affects the quality of education and the possible solution.

Education for students is of great importance especially in the modern Nigeria society as we live in changing society and a changing world. The drop out of students is because most of the students in the above mentioned schools are faced with a lot of problems as a broken home child because lack of proper handling or proper care by their parents which make most of the students cannot coup with their studies due to lack of proper care by their parents many students in the above mentioned schools have been telling lies to their parents that they are forced to pay some certain amount of money in their schools while it is nor true. Students here have their own effect of the broken home on the academic performance. However, marriage is the coming together of a man and a woman to live as husband and wife. It is a process where by a man took a woman as a partner to live forever. This process of their staying together is recognized or determined by a contract and agreement. The two (2) couple staying together except by some problems they encountered before they could separate. When they stay within a short time they could be blessed with children and from here development occur in their compound.

There are some obligation that the man have to frame his family which are very important, like wise the wife as a mother in the compound. Here the husband being the head of the family is assigned to certain responsibilities such as feeding, sheltering and others to the family, while the wife being the mother of the family also assigned to perform some task such as taking care of the house hold activities like, cooking, clean the house environment and bathing the children in the home. So also their staying together and performing these duties assigned to both of them is what we call marriage since they are living together with their children. We have understood the word marriage, now we shall look at the meaning of broken home. Since its meaning came from marriage, broken is a process where by the two couple are no longer living together in unity or as husband and wife. This is because of some conflict arising from them, and most of these problems are caused by lack of understanding between themselves both in social and personal reasons, so when marriage is no longer been as it was right from the initiating time or the two couple have separated it means that the home has broken down.