ABSTRACT

The purpose of this project was to find out the effects of broken home on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ifelodun Local Government.

The following causes of broken homes were identified; inability to bear children, incompatibility of couples, the case of unwed mothers, physical violence in the family and single parenthood, too short period of courtship, early marriage, adultery, and etcetera. All these factors were found to be contributing to family dissolution in Ifelodun Local government Area of Osun State..

TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE PAGE                                                                                                            i                                                                                                    

CERTIFICATION                                                                                                     ii

DEDICATION                                                                                                           iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                                                                                         iv

TABLE OF CONTENT                                                                                             v

LIST OF TABLES                                                                                                     vii

ABSTRACT                                                                                                               viii

CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION                                                                     1

1.1       BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY                                                             1

1.2       STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM                                       4

1.3       SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY                                           4

1.4       SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY                                                              5

1.5       HYPOTHESES                                                                                              5