EDUCATION,

This study investigated the influence of family instability on the academic
performance of senior secondary school students in Benin metropolis. The researcher was
interested in finding out how family instability affect students academically in Benin
metropolis. To guide this study, four research questions were raised and examined. The design of the study was a survey research design. The population target
comprised of 200 students from Oredo, Egor, Ovia North East and Ikpoba-Okha Local
Government Areas in Benin Metropolis. The research instruments used in gathering data
was the questionnaire, which were administered to the students. An analysis of data was
done using simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings revealed most students who come from unstable families produce a
short term crises that affect their academic performances. Some challenges faced by
students who come from unstable families include physical stress, deteriorating of health, anxiety, social behavior, low self-esteem, change in sleeping patterns amongst students
from the four schools in the different local government areas in Benin metropolis. It is
therefore recommended that schools should ensure victims receive immediate support
such as counselling services and therapy sessions. Parents should also be involved in their
children academics and school should train teachers to detect when a child has a family
crises

This research focus on teenage pregnancy and its impact on the educational
development of teenagers in Ekosodin Secondary School, Benin City has become
increased as a result that teenage girls do not have adequate knowledge of protecting
themselves from unwanted pregnancy due to lack of sex education at homes, churches, and also in the schools. The aim of this study is therefore was to examine teenage
pregnancy and its impact on the educational development of teenager in Ekosodin
Secondary School, Benin City. The research design is a descriptive type of survey design and the study
population consisted of a total of 147 students of the study (Ekosodin Secondary School
Principal, 2022). A sample size of 100 respondents was selected using convenient
sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a well-designed structured
questionnaire which was validated by the project supervisor and two other lecturers from
the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. Collected data was
analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency and percentage tables. The
impact of teenage pregnancy on the educational development was established to help
reduce and prevent teenage pregnancy among the students and also increase the teaching
of sex education in schools. Also finding shows that teenage pregnancy affects teenagers
educational performance in school which can leads to poor academic performance, isolation from friends and family and also leads to drop out, lack of information, community and social pressure to marry, sexual violence social media influence, peer
pressure and others are some of the leading causes of teenage pregnancy, teenage mothers
faces a lot of challenges which includes, health challenges, premature labour, poverty and
providing adequate information and contraceptive, making emergency contraceptive
accessible, teaching of abstinence and introduction of sex education in the curriculum
will help in the reduction of teenage pregnancy among teenagers. And It is thus
recommended that the health educators should encouraged to give emotional support to
pregnant teenagers by showing them love and empathy, sex education should be
introduced in the Curriculum, health care professionals can help in improving the
knowledge and understanding on the uses of contraceptive in order to prevent teenage
pregnancy and abstinence should also be encouraged as the most effective method of
preventing teenage pregnancy