ABSTRACT
This study is designed not only to
impact broad based knowledge to marital homes but also to tackle the problems
facing Home on the performance of Pupils. Home
affects all round development of the student which includes: social,
educational, emotional, vocational and mental aspect of the student. It is well
known fact that parents contributes a lot to over all development of the Pupils.
The child’s home and his family offers the best
education since his parents serve as teachers. The parents lay the foundation
for the desired social moral, emotional, spiritual and intellectual well being
of a child. The training a child receives from a home is of greatest importance
in his/her total personality formation and his/her academic achievement as a
student, it can also be observed that the pattern of life in the home (stable
or broken) the economic and social status of the family in the community and
many other conditions that gives the home a distinctive character can influence
the achievement of student in school.
This study is limited to secondary school Pupils in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja. The study covered Effects of Home on the Academic
Performance of Pupils in Primary Schools in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja.
The population of study refers to the number of
persons or objects covered by the study (Oswala, 2011:55). Hence, the
population of this study constituted of all selected secondary schools in Gwagwalada
Area Council FCT, Abuja. A total of 100 teachers and Pupils consisting of both
males and females constituted the population size.
Parents, Religious and Educational
institutions, Guardian and Counseling experts, Human Rights Activists,
Governmental and Non-Governmental Organization should constantly organize
marriage seminars with couples, bachelors and spinsters time without number in
order to inculcate love and true concept of marriage into them with emphasis on
the effects on child development.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
This study is designed not only to impact broad based
knowledge to marital homes but also to tackle the problems facing Home on the performance of Pupils. Home
affects all round development of the student which includes: social,
educational, emotional, vocational and mental aspect of the student. It is well
known fact that parents contributes a lot to over all development of the Pupils.
When there is instability in marriage, with lack of parental care which is very
essential to the growth of children maladjustment in the Pupils sets in. Pupils
who are in this condition are seen to be confused and stranded in life. This
often leads to involving themselves in breaking the societal norms and values
such as: stealing, drug addicts etc. Adebayo (2004).
According to Ajai and Ipaye (2007) Home
affects the academic performance of children in schools. They demonstrated this
by comparing stable home and Homes. It is observed that children from stable
homes have higher grade or points.
This foundation has helped us to
deepen understanding the cause of Home and its effect on children academic
performance from the area of study. It has been found that children from Home are
often worse off when compared with the children from stable home. This means
that it is only when something goes wrong with the parents-child relationship,
these seriously cause delinquency result. Abdullahi (2000).
There is a wide variety of view on Home also there is a
considerable disagreement about the process by which divorce should be
obtainable. People go into marriage just because they see others getting
married without considering that it is not a bed of roses. The children of Home parents usually
suffer many hardships since they lack the affectionate upbringing of both
parents. Once the couples are separated, the children are thrown out of
balance. They now lack full parental affection, and poor access to material
needs.
In some cases if not most, the psychological effects
may last a life time if the single parent is not very loving or caring and
because of financial constraint the children’s future becomes very hopeless.
The cases of Home
in Gwagwalada Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, (Abuja) should not be
in existence in any case rather there should be a strong happy married life for
the couple in order to raise their children the way it should be.
The child’s home and his family offers the best
education since his parents serve as teachers. The parents lay the foundation
for the desired social moral, emotional, spiritual and intellectual well being
of a child. The training a child receives from a home is of greatest importance
in his/her total personality formation and his/her academic achievement as a
student, it can also be observed that the pattern of life in the home (stable
or broken) the economic and social status of the family in the community and
many other conditions that gives the home a distinctive character can influence
the achievement of student in school.
Abdulganiyu (1997), added that research have shown
that children differs in various ways as a result of variables of their home
background such as socio-economic status, parental attitude to school and child
rearing practices. These home background variables are also found to be
positively related to children’s academic achievement
Similarly, Giwa (1997) have investigated the factors
within the children’s home background or family that affect their performances
in school, variables such as socio-economic status, family size, birth order,
parental attitude, child rearing practices, parental absence or presence have
been found to affect social and intellectual learning experiences of children
is schools. The is so because children are born with some psychological,
emotional and intellectual needs such as need for love and security, the need
for new experiences the need for praise and recognition and the need for
responsibility. Many of these needs are not offered to the children of divorce
or Homes which will influence their performances in schools. The extent to
which these needs are met during the formative years of children between birth
and the age of size or seven in the extent to which they enter school will
equipped or ready to deal with the social and emotional aspect of schooling.
Chiroma (2002).
Base on the observation above and in line with the
assumption that economic and social future of many children in most localities
is being undermined by cultural practices that promotes widespread divorce
among couples and brought unnecessary hardship to the growing children. Adeleke
(2007).
1.2 Statement
of the Problem
In our society,
children are sometimes exposed at an early age to all sort of dangers arising
from malnutrition, diseases and various temptation of surviving due to absence
of one or both of their parents life in unstable homes is observed to be
associated with emotional stress that can impair intellectual development,
thereby giving way for such children to grow up without being trained properly.
However, absence of one or both parents deprives young children of the stable
love, care, security and total support they have been accustomed to and tend to
make children different in the eyes of the peer group. If children are asked
where the missing parent is or they have a new parent to replace the missing
parents, they become embarrassed and ashamed. They may also feel guilty and
unwanted by the society, such stressful situation leads to psychological, emotional
and intellectual imbalance in growing children. These subsequently result to
quitting from school or poor academic check back.
Going
through the background of the study, it has been noticed that the foundations
of the family institution is generally being eroded as a result of constant Home
which affects the family and the performance of children in most society
including Nigeria. This occurrence therefore have necessitated the need to
examine this social phenomenon by the extent to which Home affects, the
performance of Pupils and the family.
It is this problem that this research seeks to address and the gap is sought to
full urgently. This scope of this research will be limited to Gwagwalada Area Council,
FCT Abuja which will be used to examine and thoroughly ascertain the extents to
which Home affect the academic performance of the Pupils.
1.3 Purpose
of the Study
The purpose of the study is to
investigate the Effects of Home on the Academic Performance of Pupils in
Primary Schools in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT Abuja. Specifically, the
purpose of the study is to:
i. find out the Negative effect of Home
in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT
Abuja
ii. find out the effect of Home on the
academic performance of Pupils in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja
iii. educate couples on how to achieve
stability in their marital homes with a view to improving Pupils academic
performance in such homes in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja.
1.4 Research
Questions
The following questions were
stated to guide the study:
1. What are the Negative effect of Home
among parents in Gwagwalada Area
Council, FCT Abuja
2. What are the effects of Home on the
academic performance of Pupils in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja
3. What are the possible measures to be
deployed to achieve stability in marital homes with a view to improving Pupils
academic performance in such homes in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja.
1.5 Scope
of the Study
This study is limited to secondary school Pupils in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja. The study covered Effects of Home on the Academic
Performance of Pupils in Primary Schools in Gwagwalada
Area Council, FCT Abuja.
1.6
Significance of the Study
This research or study is significant in that do enable the
researcher give advice to couples on how to tackle the problems of Home on
academic performance of Pupils. It will also bring to the awareness of the
parents and Pupils the importance of them being educated on how to achieve
stability in their marital homes or intended homes. It would be of immense help
to the psychologists, sociologists regards the effect of Home on each family
and the community at large.
The findings of the study would go a
long way to help the educators handle the Pupils from Home background since
they may find it difficult to cope with their education. Again, the finding
would help the government, religious houses and non-governmental agencies to
encourage marital counseling at their various posts; and this could go a long
way in correcting bad impression conceived in the society about marriage.
1.7 Operational
Definition of Major Terms
Children:
The offspring of men and women who are married
Home:
The act or art of division between a husband and wife which often result to
total breakdown of the home or divorce.
Effect:
The impact something or event has on somebody or something.
Family:
A social group related by blood or by marriage consisting of father, mother,
children and other relatives.
Juvenile delinquent: Also known as juvenile offending; is
the habitual committing of criminal acts or offense by a young person,
especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is
possible.
Marital
Instability: This deals with the unstable nature of a
home brought about by crises, fighting, unfaithfulness, etc.
Marriage:
the coming together of a man and a woman to be husband and wife.
Parents:
Guidance or the father and mother of children.
Psychological: Is the affecting, or arising in the
mind, related to the mental and emotional state of a person.