Abstract This study looked at how junior secondary school students' academic performance in mathematics was affected by single parenthood. Purposively, 40 youngsters who were all single and intact parents were chosen. An independent sample t-test was used to assess the responses at 0.05. According to the first hypothesis, kids from intact and single parenting groups performed significantly differently academically in mathematics (t-cal = 1.82; P<0.05). Hypothesis two showed a substantial difference in the experimental group's academic performance in mathematics based on pre- and post-test experimental evaluations. A statistically significant result was obtained (t-cal = -4.146; P<0.05). Experimental evaluations conducted before and after the exam revealed a noteworthy variation in the control group's mathematical skills. A statistically significant result was obtained (t-cal = -3.444; P<0.05). According to the study's findings, kids from single-parent households perform poorly academically.
Ikogho et al. (2026) studied this question.