Allison Boma Rogers
The study carried out an analysis of students’ response to the impact of single parenthood and educational challenges of public secondary school students in Rivers State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Taro Yemen’s formula and stratified random sampling technique were used to select 3,350 students in 245 public secondary schools in Rivers State that constituted the population of the study. A sample size of 600 students (male and female) was carefully selected. A set of questionnaire was used to elicit information. Research questions were answered using mean (x), frequency and percentage. The results obtained showed that students from single parenthood do not perform well in their academics due to various factors such as lateness to school, and high enrolment age, among others. The study recommend among others that parents should avoid unnecessary separation to give their children best education that will help them to live a better life.
Education, Single Parenthood, Challenges, Impact.