Effect of broken home on students’ academic achievement in ohaukwu local government area of ebonyi state South East Nigeria

This study focused on the effect of broken home on students’ academic achievements in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi state. Specifically, the study sought to: examine the Effect of broken homes on students’ regular attendance to school, performance in continuous assessment, concentration during class lessons and students’ performance during examinations. A survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 3000 secondary school teachers while the sample size of the study was determined to be 300 using Yaro Yamane formula. Instrument for data collection was a resaercher structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using mean. The results of the study showed that broken homes have serious negative effect on students’ regular attendance to schools. The study recommended among others that The Ministry of Social Welfare, family support programme, National Council of Women Society and the Federal Government should create awareness through training, workshops, and seminar on the effect of broken homes in our society.