Chapter I

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Single parents are the person who have no spouse or live in partner who raise their
child alone. For us, being a single parent is not easy because you will be the mother and
father on your child, it’s also difficult to control their time due to work and taking care of
their child.
Some people claimed that growing up in a fatherless/motherless home was the
major cause of child poverty, delinquency, and school failure, while others denied that
single motherhood/fatherhood had any harmful effects and can develop a strong bond.
And some objected even to discussing the topic for fear of stigmatizing single
mothers/fathers and their children.
The research done by Amoakohene (2013) in Ghana on relationship between single
parenting and academic performance of adolescents in senior high school, found that
there are some problems that are exceptional, which are only faced by single-parents,
which create difficulties to raise children. These problems include: bitterness towards
the absent spouse, loneliness, poverty and insecurity about raising children alone
without a help. The research concluded that academic performance and single
parenting are negatively related, hence the more cases of single parenting the poorer
the academic performance.
The study conducted by Bashagh (2015) on relationship between parental
involvement in learning process and students’ academic performance in selected
secondary in Arusha City, revealed that low income, teachers attitude towards parents,
parents ignorance and low level of education, parents attitudes towards teachers,
personal commitments on work and poor communication between teachers and
parents were factors hindering parents involvement in learning process and students’
academic performance. Hence there’s no empirical study in the area of single parenting
in relation to academic performance in secondary schools in Arusha City, therefore the
researcher aimed at assessing the effect of single parenting on students’ academic
performance in public secondary schools in Arusha City as the research gap.
So that’s why we came up to this idea, the effects in student of having a single
parent in educational aspect. It is important to know the reason of being a single parent
and what will be the impact to their child in their education and whether their child will
also experience being a single parent.
Statement of the Problem
The main purpose of the study is to identify the effects of having a Single parents
in the students in terms of educational aspect in Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senor High School.
Significance of the Study

This study will benefit the following students for them to know what is the
possible effects of having a single parents and how it will effects in their Educational
aspects. While the benefits of the parents are for them to understand and help their
children’s need in different school activities. On the other hand, the teacher will know
and learn how they can handle a student who have single parents. The same with the
guidance counsellor , it can help them to assess and understand the students and help
them to their Education. Lastly, for the future researchers. This study will serve as their
guide to give them basic information to further study of this topic.
Conceptual framework
Input
Process
Evaluating the effects Output
Interview evaluated by
of having a single
the students who have Effects of having a single
parent to the students
single parents in Luis Y. parent to the student in
in terms of educational
Ferrer Jr. Senior High education
aspect
School
Scope and Delimitation
In this part of the study, the respondents are the students who have a single
parents in Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School. The researchers would like to know the
effects of having a single parents.
Definition of Terms
For a better understanding of the study the following terms are defined:
Education. The process of teaching students in a school where in the knowledge, skills
and understanding of the students will develop
Single Parents. A person who lives with a child who doesn’t have a spouse or live in
partner.
Students. These are the students who have single parent in Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High
School.

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