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    CHAPTER 1

    INTRODUCTION

    Background of the study

    The research study is on the effects of divorce on children’s education

    in Akamkpa Local Government Area.

    Owing to the nominative and descriptive nature of the research

     problem, ebster !"##$%, views marriage as a formally or legally recogni&ed

    agreement between a man and a woman for the procreation of children and

    their subse'uent protection. (n addition, Ogundele !"##)% had his views on

    marriage as a society acknowledged and approved union established

     between a man woman, making them husband and wife.

    *iblically, a wife is seen as a help mate or a companion to a man, in

    order that a man should not be left alone. +tui !"##% in his historical

    research on the significance of marriage on socio-economic development of 

    ross /iver 0tate, viewed the procreation of children as blessing and

     benefit of marriage the nature provided. 0imilarly1 Omini !"##2% asserted

    that the process of marriage differ from one society to another, but in

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    every society, parents of both people ,intending to marry needs to agree and

    the intenders must have the instinct of marriage by affection.

    (n the hristendom, closing whom to marry is usually said to be very

    relation in order to actuali&e their dreamed partner.

     +evertheless, marriage does not allow for divorce, because this was

    not one of us ob3ective, Ade !"##"% from not one of its perception, described

    divorce as way of breaking a marriage.

    On the other hand, /ansome !"##)% opined that divorce is an instance

    of the legal ending or dissolution of a marriage by physical separation

    which tends to reduce parents4children relationship and subse'uently e5pose

    children to some societal, environmental, psychological can emotional

     problems and as a result make children to become way ward and nuisance in

    the society. 6mate5 !"##)% anticipated that in subse'uent times, some

    divorcee!divorce couple% tends to re-ignite their affection and re- established

    a more substantial union. 6specially if there were ordain and destined to be

    together as couple. Agari !"##$%, added that, in some families and societies,

    divorce involves the refund of the bride price paid to secure the wife. hile

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    others allow fre'uent divorce when there is lack of understanding between

    the two parties. hile others from at its occurrence.

     +tui!"##2% summari&ed that marital instability as well as divorce

    constitute the ma3or imiderance to children’s act of 3uvenile delin'uency,

    truancy, waywardness, poor performance in academic work and above all

     bad companionship which they may established, due to lack of parental care

    and attention.

    Stateent of !ro"#e

    *een the most crucial introductory as part of the research which is

    arrived at articulating the fundamental 'uestions. (t is viewed that the

    research is problem- focused.

    7ence, for +igeria to e5cel educationally there is need for the

     provision of ade'uate teaching aids to supplement the attitudes of the

    neglected children, so that there can complete or e'uated with other children,

    divorced couple should be encourage to reignite their affection, children’s

    who have lost parental care should be encouraged by their teacher to study,

    given to children rewards should be given to neglected children to boast re-

    enforcement to positive studying habits. 8arents of the will be couple or 

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    intenders should give their young ones orientation on this note the research

    was proposed to help solve these problems.

    O"$ect%&es of the study

    The broad ob3ective of the study is to investigate into the effects of 

    divorce on the educational attainment of children in some selected 8rimary

    0chools in Akamkpa Local Government Area.

    0pecifically, the study also seeks to

    i. 65amine the influence of divorce on children academic performance

    in Akamkpa Local Government Area.

    ii. (nvestigate into those factors that cause divorce and family crisis in

    Akamkpa Local Government Area.

    iii. 7elp teachers in identifying the methods and approaches to be used to

    accommodate neglected children in the classroom.iv. (dentify factors that should be considered by young ones before

    getting married.

    v. 9ake possible suggestions and recommendation on how the solve this

     problem of instability in Akamkpa local Government Area.

    S%gn%f%cance of the study

    The findings of this research study, would not only be beneficial to the

    researcher, but also to the following state holder.

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    The teachers, who are the surrogate parents of the children would gain

    the idea of identifying children with special need, and in addition,

    identify the root cause of their poor academic performance.(t would help the couple in re-ad3usting their marital life and re-ignite

    their affection toward subse'uent divorce.

    (t would help the children from the alarming rate of social life

    that could endanger their life and above all, help minimi&ed 3uvenile

    delin'uency and finally, it would help government to identify children

    with special needs and the subse'uence provision of societies to meet

    their needs.

    Research 'uest%ons

    0e'uel to the purpose4 ob3ective of the study, and the

    fundamental problems. The researcher therefore formulates the

    following research 'uestions to give guide and direction to the study.

    $. hat factors contributes to marital instability in Akamkpa Local

    Government Area:". To what e5tent has divorce affects the educational attainment of 

    children in Akamkpa Local Government Area:

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    ;. hat strategies can sustain marriage among young couples in Akamkpa

    Local Government Area:

    ). hat problems has divorce constituted to children poor performance in

    school:

    Sco!e of the study

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    ebster !",###%, had its view on marriage as a formally and legally

    recogni&ed agreement between a man and a woman making them husband

    and wife. 0imilarly Ogundele !"##$%, view marriage as a socially knowledge

    and approve union between a man and woman for the procreation of children

    and their subse'uence protection. Orim !"##$%, added that, the meaning and

    implication of marriage vary from society to society, region to regions and

    nation to nations. 7e supported that, marriage is related to se5ual

    relationship shared only by couples and also the only means by which

    children can have a legal status. (kua&om !"##"%, described marriage as the

    arrangements, including ceremonies, which the society approves for a man

    and woman to come together and form a family. 7e further generali&ed this

    aspect as an institution which bring a man and woman as husband and wife

    to established a home.

    0chell !"##)% opined that, when a man and woman are united by

    marriage the moved to stay together in a particular location. (n +igeria, he

    added that, is generally the woman who moves to study with the man and his

    house or family compound. 0imilarly, in some cases, the couple may made

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    away from their parents to live elsewhere on their own for mutual

    relationship.

    (n addition, Ade !"##"%, described divorce as a way of breaking a

    marriage. 7e added that, in some families and societies divorce involves a

    refund of the bride wealth paid to secure the wife. hile others allows

    fre'uents divorce, where there is no understanding among couple and others

    frown bitterly at its occurrence, because of its subse'uent implications.

    On the other hand, Ogundele !"##;% view divorce as an instance of the

    legal ending of marriage by couples which result to physical separation.

    7e concluded that marriage and divorce move hand in hand due to

    individual differences which are in build in the married couple. And for 

    marriage to stable, couple must ensure that love and understanding is their 

    watch word, which can as such create barried for divorce to occur.

    Effect of d%&orce on ch%#dren educat%ona# atta%nent

    6&egbe !"##)%, noted that the training of a child both at the informal

    and fomal educational levels, demands the 3oint efforts of both parents. At

    the informal level, the parents ensures formative orientations and teaching

    on the norms, values and attributes of the family and the society at large. At

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    the formal educational level, the parents ensures ade'uate security, provide

    for and financial aids to supplement their school re'uirements and above all

     provide material and spiritual needs to help boast concentration and

    reinforcement.

    9uegrove !"##)% opined that, children educational pursuit is

    fundamentally stream line from their foundation which their home and

     parents are the ma3or determinants. 7e added that if the children are

    deprived of material !s%  possessions due to the effects and conse'uences of 

    divorce, they may tend to loose their concentration in their education and as

    such may engage in 3uvenile delin'uency. (n the other hand. (f the child is

    deprived of spiritual needs, he4she may loose the thought of God e5istence

    as his4her creator and may seek for mundane things and worthless

     possessions which can affect his life in failure.

    Conse'uences of fa%#y cr%s%s on ch%#dren educat%ona#

    ach%e&eent

    /enald !"##)%, agreed that, crisis are problems emanating from both

    human and psychology factors. (n the family such crisis are cause due to

    individual differences and lack of understanding which as such may lead to

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    fre'uent 'uarrel, fighting, divorce or death of family member. These crisis

    are particularly observed in polygamous homes where a man married more

    than one wife. Though in some countries, he added that polygamy is legally

     prohibited due to its negative conse'uences. 7e proceeded b y adding that,

    in some families where there is fre'uent 'uarrel among couples the

    conse'uences include lack of love and unity which may as such affect the

    children directly or indirectly, especially for children with special needs.

    0imilarly, where there is physical separation among couple !divorce% the

    children are bound to suffer from negligence. And in a situation where one

    of the couple is not more in physical e5istence !death%, the other couple

    could be over waded with family problems and as such may not be able to

     provide the needed attention the children.

    9aclean !"##% in his opinion agreed that, the impact of broken

    homes is mostly felt in nuclear families. This is true because there is

    intimacy in most of this family type. Therefore any physical separation of 

    the couple is considered as a threat to the family development. 7e further 

    added that, lack of support system confronted by divorced families imposed

    additional burden to their members. Going by the above assertion of 

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    9aclean, it is therefore believe that, the children are at lost, once there is

     physical separation of their parents.

    The %!#%cat%on of d%&orce on ch%#dren-s eot%ona# and soc%a#

    ad$ustent

    (n a study by ilson !"##;>)%, shows that over twenty thousand

    children !"#,###% in post primary and primary schools in ?enya where

    e5tensively interviewed.

    ilson categori&ed his sub3ect into three groups. Those from broken

    homes through divorce as group one, those from broken homes through

    death as group two and those whose families are still intact by marriage as

    group three.

    7is finding shows that, such difference e5isted between this groups

    would not only affect the children emotionally or socially but also their 

    educational and occupationally achievements.

    adsworth 9aclean !"##;>)$% observed that even children whose

    custodian parents subse'uently remarried to reduce economic stress. @rom

    observation both agreed that actually recovery has taken place, but the

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    children did not reach the level of achievement of their peers from families

    infact.

    They concluded by postulating that>

    i. The generation of children of divorced parents currently in early

    adulthood have e5perienced emotional, social, educational and

    occupational under achievement.

    ii. The female headed families after divorce or death e5perienced

     poverty, even when the woman found full time employment. +ow the

    'uestion is where is the children success:

    Good and *roophy, !"##$% agreed that correct parental attitude does

    enhances student’s academic achievementB They demand that contact

    with class teachers, interest in pupils progress reports etc are parameters

    to children better study habits but lamented on the scanty knowledge of 

     parents on the development needs of their children.

    Lessoning, Cagorin and elson !"##"%, investigated and caome out

    with the result that, father’s absent in a child early age bring about lower 

     performance intelligent 'uotient score as compare to those whose father’s

     presents is highly felt.

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    Lovel !"##"%, hold that, the standard of child’s discipline, parental

    attitude and interest generated home condition ultimately influence academic

     performance in primary and post primary schools.

    6&egbe !"##;%, confirmed that, divorce causes lack of proper 

    sociali&ation for children. 7e believed that children are likely to develop

    anti-social tendencies as a result of lack of 3oint parental care which would

    have e5isted in absent of divorce. 7e enumerated that the idea of anti-social

    tendencies to included uncontrollable 3uvenile and truancy.

    7e concluded that most of the 3uvenile delin'uency in school are

    supplied by broken homes. This is not to say that a broken homes does not

    have their own share of the lot. To this, he added that the degree of 

    involvement by broken and unbroken homes are different. 7e believed that

    such tendencies constitute the societal menace.

    Goldtab !"##$% cited in blood support the findings of 9aa’s study when

    he said that separated children scores poorly in intelligent 'uotient test !(DT%

    and relate poorly in school. The hardly establish close relationship in school

    he headed.

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    (n a study by ?ert !"##$% cited in /ichard, three hundred and seventy

    eight !;EF% children suffering from non-accidental trauma or gross physical

    neglect were placed under study. (t was noted from the study that a greater 

     percentage of the children from broken homes studied demonstrated delay in

    motor skill, delay in language development, low intelligent 'uotient !(D%

     below # which is below average or falling academic performance as

    compared to twenty eight percent !"FH% of the control group and most noted

    to be unsatisfactory with regards to schools year relations.

    hen ?ert retested the children, it was seen that a good percentage of 

    them still proved unsatisfactory delay in motor develop below average or 

    falling in academic performance and language development problem.

    0imilarly , Akang !"##2% showed that, children brought up by both

     parents shows normal psychological and academic development. 0he studied

    ;;2 pupils selected from eight !F% primary schools in Asaba town, +igeria

    and finds out that adolescent from one parent home developed a high degree

    of general an5iety showed higher an5iety and lower self concepts than their 

    counterpart from normal homes. 0ingle parent children have more material

    and personal problems than those from normal homes she added.

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    0he proceeded by saying that, single parent children’s problems

    generally poorer academically then their counterpart from normal homes.

    @rom Akang’s view point of material problems in single parent homes, ( will

    infer that such homes being in economic hardship may not be able to afford

    the needed educational materials to its members.

    0pit !"##)% cited in Iictor pick interest in emotional deprivation

    which he believed may cause by a break in relation.

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    CHAPTER /

    RESEARCH 0ETHOD

    This chapter deals precisely on the design of the study, area of the

    study, sample and sampling techni'ues, instrument for data collection,

    validation of the instrument, methods of data collection and method of 

    analysis

    Research des%gn

    This research work is critically designed to investigate into the effect

    of divorce on children’s education, with a case study of some selected

     primary schools in Akamkpa Local Government Area of ross /iver 0tate.

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    (t adopted as a normative and cross sectional survey research design to

    manipulate the e5perimental conditions with a conceptual frame work 

    through a structured survey instrument to aid in the collection of data needed

    for the study.

    Area of study

    The research study was carried on Akamkpa Local Government Area

    of ross /iver 0tate, with five selected primary schools as the contehement

    areas for the study.

     +evertheless, Akamkpa Local Government Area is one out of the

    eighteen Local Government Area in ross /iver 0tate. (t is located at the

    southern senatorial district of the state with Akamkpa town its head'uarter.

    (t comprises of ten !$#% wards which are headed by democratically

    elected counselors. They are> Jyanga, Awi, 9barakom, (ko and Akamkpa

    urban wards in constituency one and Oban, (kpai, 6ku, O3uk north, O3uk 

    south in constituency two.

    (t is bounded by *iase Local Government Area to the north,

    ameroon /epublic to the west, Odukpani Local Government to the south

    and Akpabuyo Local Government Area to the east.

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    ulturally, Akamkpa Local Government Area has numerous social

    institution ranging from religious institution, with traditional and hristian

    religious as their main study, political institution with families head, youth

    councils, women parties as policy making bodies, health institution with

    different herbal homes, clinics, health centres and hospitals to cather for 

     patients.

    @inancial institutions with peoples union, 6kondo and @irst banks to

    facilitate financial aids. Legal institution with dispensary to serve as a

     3udicial council to ensure that 3ustice prevail at all time through the aid of the

     police and educational institution with over ;# nursery schools ") primary

    schools "E post primary schools and a tertiary institution of learning

    !ollege of 6ducation Akamkpa%.

    6conomically, Akamkpa Local Government Area is acknowledged as

    one of the richest Local Government Area in +igeria with abundant 7uman

    and +atural resources ranging from both skilled and on skilled labor force,

    vast underlying igneous4intrusive granites, the tropical forest timber 

     products, wide range of palm plantation and rich agricultural land scope

    which favors seasonal farming as well as crop rotation. (t is also a tourist

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    centres with the +ational 8ark, Oban hills, Duaffable. @inally, most of its

     people speak 63agham as their dialect.

    Po!u#at%on of the study

    The population of the study comprises of the aggregate number of 

     pupils from the five selected primary schools chosen for the study.

    S

    N

    Schoo#s Coun%t%es ,ocat%on ,232A Po!

    $. Govt. 8rimary school Oban /ural Akamkpa ;##

    ". 0T. KO7+ 0 8rimary

    0chool

    Akamkpa Jrban Akamkpa ;#

    ;. omm.8rimary 0chool Ayaebam /ural Akamkpa "##

    ). 0t. Theresa 8rimary

    0chool

    9barakom /ural Akamkpa ;##

    . Govt. 8rimary 0chool +san /ural Akamkpa "$#

    Total population $,;2

     Table !i% list of selected schools for the study

    @rom the tabular illustration above, it therefore implies that the total

     population for the study is $.;2# pupils.

    Sa!#e and sa!#%ng techn%'ues

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    The study have its sample from the five selected primary schools and

    the sampling techni'ues adopted by the researcher id the systematic and

    random sampling approaches to select "# pupils each from the selected

    schools with emphasis on pupils from broken homes causes by divorce and

    those whose homes are still intact !unbroken%.

    04n 0chools ommunities Location L.G.A 8op

    $. Govt. 8rimary school Oban /ural Akamkpa "#". 0T. KO7+ 0 8rimary

    0chool

    Akamkpa Jrban Akamkpa "#

    ;. omm. 8rimary

    0chool

    Ayaebam /ural Akamkpa "#

    ). 0t. Theresa 8rimary

    0chool

    9barakom /ural Akamkpa "#

    . Govt. 8rimary 0chool +san /ural Akamkpa "#Total population $##

     Table !((% sample si&e or sample population

    Instruent for data co##ect%on

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    A si5teen item structural 'uestionnaire was constructed by the

    researcher under the guidance and supervision of the pro3ect supervisor,

    which was used for the generation of primary data, used the study.

    The 'uestionnaire was divided into two sections, A and *. section A

    deals with respondent demographic information while section * concern

    with the likert representation of scale4 response key 'uestions such

    0A - 0trongly Agree

    A - Agree

    J - Jndecided

    < -

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     3udgment and evaluation of the survey items was made by the supervisor and

    other educators to ensure reliability.

    0ethod 4s5 of data co##ect%on

    Over $## copies of 'uestionnaires were printed and administered to

    the respondents in the selected schools with assistance from two non

    teaching staff.

    0ethod of data ana#ys%s

    To elicit facts from the research study the researcher uses the

    descriptive analytical method.

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    CHAPTER 6

    RESU,T

    8rior to the design and ob3ective of the study, this chapter therefore

    focuses on the presentation of the results, interpretation of result and

    discussion of results from the finding of the study.

    Presentat%on of resu#ts

    The result of the study is presented in four different tables with

    respect to the research 'uestions.

    Research 'uest%on one

    hat factor contributes to marital instability in Akamkpa Local

    Government Area:

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    Table !iii% percentage distribution of responses on factors that

    contribute to marital instability in Akamkpa Local Government Area.

    04+ /espondents fre'uency distribution and computed percentage

    A H 0A H J H < H 0<; E "F $$ ;E " "# ; "#

    ) F ;" F "2 " "# ;; 2

    $$ 2 ") 2 "# ) )# ) "E

    $" ) $2 $E " "# ; "# )

    Total " $## ;# $## $# $## $ $## "#

    Research 'uest%on t.o

    To what e5tent has divorce affected the educational attainment of 

    children in Akamkpa Local Government Area:

    Table !iv% percentage distribution of responses on the effects of 

    divorce on the educational attainment of children in Akamkpa Local

    Government Area.

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    04+ /espondents fre'uency distribution and computed percentageA H 0A H J H < H 0<

    $ " $; ) "# 2 ") " "# "

    " ) "E ; $ ) $2 ) )# 2

    E E )E 2 ;# ) $2 ; ;# 2

    F " $; E ; $$ )) $ $# $$

    Total $ $## "# $## " $## $# $## "

    Research 'uest%on three

    hat strategies can sustain marriage among young couples in

    Akamkpa Local Government Area:

    Table !v% percentage distribution of responses on the strategies that

    can sustain marriage among couples in Akamkpa Local Government Area

    04+ /espondents fre'uency distribution and computed percentage

    A H 0A H J H < H 0<

    $; $# " " " "# " "

    $) F "# " " "# ) "# "

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    $ $" ;# ; $ " "# ) "# )

    $2 $# " E ; ) )# E ; "

    Total )# $## "# $## $# $## "# $## $#

    Research 'uest%on four

    hat problems has divorce constituted  to children poor performance

    in schools:

    04+ /espondents fre'uency distribution and computed percentage

    A H 0A H J H < H 0<

    " " "# $# " ) )# E

    2 ) "# ) )# $" ;# " "# )

    E ; " "# $# " " "#

    $# ) "# " "# F "# " "# )

    Total "# $## $# $## )# $## $# $## "#

    Inter!retat%on of resu#t

    The results of the study in table !iii% above, shows that, for items ;, )

    $$ and $". The respondents gave "FH, ;"H, ")H and $2H agreed response

    ;EH, "2H, "#H and $EH respectively gave strongly agreed response. "#H,

    "#H, )#H and "#H respectively gave uncertain response. "#H, ;;H, "EH

    and "#H respectively gave disagreed response and "H "#H "H and ;#H

    gave strongly disagreed response.

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    (n table !iv%, the respondent gave $;H, "EH )EH and $;H response in

    agreement to research item $, ", E, and F respectively. "#H, $H, ;#H and

    ;H gave agreement to items $, ", E and F respectively. ")H, $2H, $2H and

    ))H gave uncertain opinion to the respective items. "#H, )#H, ;#H and

    $#H gave disagreed opinion to the items and FH, ")H, ")H and ))H gave a

    strongly disagreed opinion to the respective items.

    (n table !v%, for item $;, $), $ and $2, the respondents gave opinion

    of "H, "#H, ;#H and "H in agreement, "H, "H, $H and ;H gave a

    strong agreement to the respective items. "#H, "#H, "#H and )#H gave

    uncertain opinion. "H, "#H, ;H and ;H gave a disagreed opinion.

    hile "#H, "#H, )#H and "#H respectively gave a strong disagreed

    opinion with respect to the research items.

    (n table !vi% for item , 2, and $# "H, "#H, ;H and "#H of the

    respondent gave agreed opinion, "#H, )#H, "#H and "#H respectively gave

    strongly agreed opinion, "H, ;#H, "H and "#H respectively gave

    uncertain opinion, )#H, "#H, "#H and "#H gave disagreed opinion. hile

    ;H, "#H, "H and "#H respectively gave strongly disagreed opinion with

    respect to the research items.

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    D%scuss%on of resu#t

    The result of the study in table three reveals that certain factors can

    help to sustain marriages among coup in Akamkpa Local Government Area

    with 2H positive responses against H negative responses. Also that

    divorce does not influenced children academic performance with "H

    negative opinion against ))H positive opinion. This goes to support a

    research carried out by 6mmanuel !"##)% on the influence of marriage on

    socio-economic development.

    (n table four, the study in deals that, divorce has significant effect on

    children education with ;;H positive opinion against "FH negative opinion.

    (n addition poor academic performance of pupils in primary schools is as a

    result of negligence with EEH positive opinion against )H negative

    opinion. This facts is backed by the writes up of 9ike !"##$% on the cause of 

    children negligence and their and conse'uence in primary and post primary

    schools.

    (n table five, the result disclosed that, children with special needs can

    easily be identified if their parents are separated by marriage with #H

     positive opinion against )H negative opinion. 0imilarly pre-marital

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    orientation will not help to curb the problem of divorce between young ones,

    with 2#H negative opinion against )H positive opinion.

    (n table si5 the result shows that, divorce has not constituted much

     problem among the children with EH negative opinion against )H

     positive opinion. And marital instability is cause by lack of understanding

    among couple with H positive opinion against )H negative opinion.

    CHAPTER 7

    SU00AR8 AND CONC,USION

    8rior to data obtained and the analysis done in chapter four above, this

    chapter therefore, devotes its interest in the summary of results, conclusion,

    limitations, implication, recommendations and suggestion for further study.

    Suary of resu#t

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    The study was on attempt to e5amine and investigates on the effects

    of divorce of children education in Akamkpa Local Government Area of 

    ross /iver 0tate.

    @our research 'uestions were formulated and were further used to

    construct $2 sets of attitudinal 'uestions in a structured 'uestionnaire which

    was used for data collection.

    This data were analy&ed descriptively using simple percentage

    computation. And were finally interpreted and discussed with respective

    research items.

    On the whole, it was perceived that divorce has a significant effect on

    children academic performance in Akamkpa Local Government Area of 

    ross /iver 0tate.

    Conc#us%on

    The result of the study shows emphatically, that there is a significant

    influence of divorce on children education. (t also proved that home

    environment constitute no inde5 to children educational success.

    (nstances were taken from emotional and social ad3ustment of children

    from both divorce home and those whose parents are still intact in marriage.

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    The statistical treatment of the data provides easily way which aids the study

    a positive conclusion verdict.

    Recoendat%ons

    *ased on the results of the study and the researcher desire to see how

    these problems can be solves. The following recommendations are therefore

    imperative.

    $. 8arents should always give their children pre-marital orientations.

    ". ouples should be advice on the effects of divorce in our modern

    society.

    ;. hildren should be thought in school the conse'uences of early

    marriage and divorce.

    ). 9oral education should be given a greater concern in all aspect of life.

    . Government should provide employment opportunities to most couple

    to reduce the risk of divorce.2. 0eminars should be conducted to help evaluate couples on marriage

    concept.

    E. To ensure marriage stability and curb divorce problems, young ones

    should get well prepared before going for marriage.

    I!#%cat%on of the study

    The study will help young ones to e5amine the effect and conse'uence

    divorce and how it can be curbed.

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    12 @urther researcher should endeavor to carry out similar research but

    on a large population and sample.

    (2 Greater attention should be given to marriage life and family

    education.

    /2 ounselling personnel should be send to remote areas to help train the

    couple on marriage concept.

    62 hildren with special needs should be given utmost attention.

    72 6ducational facilities should be provided to children in primary

    schools to aid their lesson.

    RE+ERENCE

    ebster, 7. A. !"##E%, Operationali&ation of the concept of marriage Maria>

    foremost 6ducational service Ltd

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    Ogundele, (. T. !"##)%

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    A!!end%ces

    A 'uest%onna%re des%gn on the %n&est%gat%on of the Effect of D%&orce on

    Ch%#dren Educat%on %n Akak!a ,oca# 3o&ernent Area

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    0chool.

    Sect%on 4B5 4Att%tud%na# 'uest%ons5

    /esponse key

    0A - 0trongly Agree

    A - Agree

    J - Jndecided

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    children in primary schools in Akamkpa Local

    Government Area

    E. 8oor academic performance in most primary

    schools is as a result of negligence

    F. 8oor academic performance in most primary

    schools is not as a result of negligence

    . 9arital instability is cause by lack of  

    understanding between married couples

    $#. 9arital instability is not cause by lack of 

    understanding between married couples

    $$.

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    $. 8re-marriage orientation would help to curb

     problems of divorce by young couples

    $2. 8re-marriage orientation would not help to curb

     problems of divorce by young couples