Perceived impact of single parenting on academic and social lives of junior high school pupils in wassa amenfi east municipality, ghana

Abstract

The study ascertained how single parenting affected the academic and social lives of junior high school pupils in Wassa Amenfi East Municipality. The target population for the study was all junior high school pupils from single parent families in the municipality. The accessible population for the study was junior high school pupils from single parent families from the six selected public schools in the municipality. Purposive sampling procedure was utilised for the research. The sample size for the study was 255 single-parented junior high pupils, which comprised 110 males and 145 females. Adapted questionnaire was used for data collection. Means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentages, independent samples t- test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyse the data. The study found that single parenting impacted negatively on the academic lives of junior high school pupils in the municipality. Single parenting did not impact negatively on the social lives of pupils. In light of the results, the study recommended that junior high school pupils from single-parent families should be prioritized by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the disbursement of scholarship opportunities.