The study was aimed at investigating the effects of single parenthood on school going
adolescents on a group of male and female children schooling in Gaborone
District of Botswana.
The research questions focused on investigating the effects of. single parenthood on
the social interactions of school-going adolescents, effects on their performance in
class, the attitude of the community on such adolescents and whether single
parenthood affected boys and girls differently.
To start the investigation, a sample of 80 adolescents was randomly selected from a
total of 2 000 form 4 and form 5 students.
The findings revealed that the majority (91.3%) of school-going adolescents from
single parenthood stay with their mothers. The survey findings also revealed that
school-going adolescents from single parenthood do not get along with their single
parent, single parents are not always around to attend to the needs of their children
and they are not always happy at home. The survey findings showed that there are
poor child-parent relationships and this adversely affects the children's performance
at school. The study revealed that the majority of adolescents from single-parent
households have fallen behind in some of their subjects (77.5%), have problems
getting their homework done on time (46.3%) , have unsatisfactory school reports
and they have failed some the subjects they are doing (78.8%). / (M. Ed.) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2005
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11463 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Morebodi, Portia Gobona |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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