SECONDARY SCHOOLS

The incidences of broken marriages are on the increase, and resulting in the
failure of children in such homes (Bubelwe, 2014). According to Ghaerba a (2001), broken home is a situation where by one’s family is submerged with
misunderstanding of marriage and family structure. Egbo (2012) viewed broken home as a place where the parents engage themselves in quarreling, fighting, suspecting, keeping late hours to the detriment of the children’s primary drive for food, sleep and other basic needs. Broken homes are in various forms and these include divorce, separation and death of either parent’s (Agu and Bebelwa, 2014). According to landis (1977) were a matter within the clan and it’s environments, parents were not anxious to see their son’s getting married to girls from distant places or other tribes. Marriage were arranged by parents on basis of family friendship and such marriage hardly break up because of the close relationship between both parents

This research seeks to explore the problems associated with the teaching of
Fine and Applied arts in junior secondary school in Oredo local Government Benin city. Considering the importance of fine arts to a person, and even the nation, it becomes important that fine arts be integrated into our curriculum. As Fine art is a useful subject to the wholeness of Man, little attention given to the teaching and learning of the subjects in our Secondary Schools. The methodology employed is that of survey whereby the students and teacher representative were interviewed in different secondary schools. This research found out that there is a high negligence of provision of art materials for the students in studying and exploring art. These findings will be beneficial by encouraging the schools and even down to government in restoring and conserve its neglected art for posterity sake – as failure of necessary and fundamental materials, and also lack of interest of the students. The study recommends the adequate provision of art materials be made to include what is essential for its sustenance and exploration.

The study was carried out to investigate the influence of school environment on the academic performance of secondary schools in Edo state . The design of the study is descriptive while the population comprised principals, teachers students in the education zone. The sample size for the study was 100 respondents while a researchers’self developed questionnaire formed the instrument for data collection. A 20-item questionnaire was used to get information from the respondents. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the following results were obtained. The school location, library, school laboratories, sick bay and classroom sizes and spaces for teaching students and staff common room represented the major areas that to a great extent affect the academic achievement of students in public schools, with regard to buildings. It was also revealed that desks, current books and presence of library assistants constituted the areas of influence to the academic performance of the students with regard to library services in the public secondary schools. Both the principals and teachers agreed that access to reading materials in the school, lack of facilities, and nearness to school and insufficient qualified teachers has very greatly effect on the academic performance of the students. Inadequate teaching materials were also noted as a major factor affecting the students’ academic performance. The two groups also shared common views in terms of the great influence of school health services, fencing of school for security and provision of power supply as important variable affecting the academic achievement of the students of public secondary schools. Based on the above, the researcher recommends that schools should beprovided with functional libraries, equipped with current reading materials to help enhance both the students’ academic achievement and the teachers’ effectiveness in academic activities in the school.

The study looked at the connection between academic achievement of pupils in public secondary schools in Edo State's Oredo Local Government Area and school infrastructure. Four research questions were posed and addressed in order to fulfill the study's objective. 174 teachers made up the study's sample size. Data was gathered via a questionnaire. For the study, a descriptive survey research approach was chosen. Simple percentage and frequency count were used in the data analysis. The study's conclusions showed how little educational amenities are offered in public secondary schools in Edo State's Oredo Local Government Area. It was determined that, at public secondary schools in Edo State's Oredo Local Government Area, there is a substantial correlation between school facilities and pupils' academic achievement. Among other recommendations made by the study was that the government should supply sufficient physical facilities for schools in order to guarantee efficient teaching and learning processes.