PARENTING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALABAR MUNICIPALITY, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract This paper examined the impact of parenting and academic achievement of senior secondary school two students in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted the survey design method using 200 senior secondary two students selected from the sampled schools within the study area through simple random sampling technique. A researcher designed data collection instrument titled “Impact of Single Parenting on the Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students Questionnaire (ISPAASSSSQ) was used to gather data from 200 selected participants. The descriptive statistics was used in analyzing the data. At the end of data analysis, the outcomes were as follows: (i) single parenting has a significant negative impact on the academic achievement of students. (ii) females benefit more from academic motivation in single parents homes than their male siblings. Based on the outcomes, the paper recommended among others thus; parents must avoid discriminatory relationship with their children irrespective of sex; spouse should reduce their expectations from their marriage partners to avoid crises occasioned by unfulfilled needs.