INFLUENCE OF SINGLE PARENTING ON STUDENTS’ PUNCTUALITY AND ATTITUDE TO LEARNING IN UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of single parenting on students’ punctuality and attitude to learning in upper basic schools in Kogi State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study is descriptive survey. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised all the students in Upper Basic Schools in Kogi State East Senatorial district 2023/2024 session. Their combine total is ten thousand eight hundred and fifty-three (10853) drawn from nine Local Government Areas. proportional and simple random sampling techniques was adopted to sample 370 students from 5 selected local government areas. The instrument of data collection for the study was self-developed questionnaire titled ‘Single Parent Questionnaire’ (SPQ). SPQ is divided into two sections A and B. Cronbach alpha statistics was used to compute the reliabity data. The reliability index of .823 was arrived at, the reliability index is considered adequate for the main study. Mean, and Standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while Chi-square was used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference in the opinions of the respondent on the extent of the influence of widowed parents on students’ punctuality to learning in Upper Basic Schools in Kogi State, Nigeria. Table 4.5 shows that x² cal. (3), 494.731 > 7.815. it was recommended among others that education administrators can utilize programmes about regular students’ punctuality and attitude to learning by organizing symposia, seminars and workshops for upper basic school students in that they can acquire personal, interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and thought processes skills. This will develop the students’ social, mental, psychological and emotional well-being to enable then practice regular school attendance behaviour.