The Lived Experience of Children between the Ages of 11 to 14 Years from Divorced Parents and Their Academic Performance, the Case of Ethiopian Hidasse Primary School and Lazarist Catholic elementary and high School in Gullele sub city, Addis Ababa. A
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2019-12
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Addis ababa University
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This study focuses on the The Lived Experience of Children between the Ages of 11 to 14 Years from Divorced Parents and Their Academic Performance, the Case of Ethiopian Hidasse Primary School and Lazarist Catholic elementary and high School in Gullele sub city, Addis Ababa 2019.
One of the major experiences children have from the divorce of their parents other than psychological and economic effect is the negative effect it has on academic performance of children. Along the past decades, some studies have shown that children of divorce present lower academic motivation and performance if compared to children of intact families (Jeynes, 2005).
This phenomenological study uses purposeful sampling method by using qualitative research method to describe the lived experience of children form divorced families and their academic performance in two selected schools Hidasse Primary School and Lazarist Catholic elementary and high School in Gullele sub city, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Students from the divorced parents with age range of 11 years to 14 years, and whose parents were divorced within 1 to 2 years in the selected schools were included. Primary and secondary data was used in collecting information through an in depth interview, review of documents, and observation was carried out. Children of divorced parents have experienced a decrease in their academic performance because of their parents’ divorce. They were also negatively affected socially and psychologically. The involvement and care of parents for the children have decreased both from the leaving parent due to the divorce and also the custodian parent as well. Students from divorced parents were negatively affected socially and psychologically, resulting in low educational performance after their family got divorced.
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Performance, the Case of Ethiopian Hidasse Primary School and Lazarist Catholic elementary and high School in Gullele sub city, Addis Ababa.