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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The word marriage is a common feature practiced universally. That is to say all societies throughout the world practice marriage. Although marriage is universal, it is not easily defined as a result of various cultural practices involved in what constitute marriage. Every society look at it according to their culture, customs values and belief systems attached to the word.
Igbo (2003pp.43), has given us a working definition of marriage saying, it is a “union between a man and woman such that children born to the woman are recognized as legitimate offspring of both parents”. Utulu (2010) viewed marriage as ties or unions between individuals and group. Among its functions are child bearing, child rearing and sexual satisfaction.
Early marriage among the youths has become so rampant today such that, the phenomenon is causing a lot of concern to the general public. The researcher just like anyone else who caters for the development and progress of his country would also feel concerned to take a clear look at the problem in order to ascertain its impact on the educational attainment of learners observation in Burku Local government area indicate that, the act is backed up with the reasons such as love for one another, sexual satisfaction, desire to be publicly recognized as responsible person, procreation, need for one’s assistance either in the farm or other activities. According to Utulu (2010), early marriage has become a problem in the area under study especially among the youths. Problems such as leadership issue between complexes as in who will rule the house since they are of the same age-range, the inability of the young husband to cater for the needs of his family, school abandonment and other social problems.
It is pertinent to note that primary school occupies a sensitive position in the development of pupils by uplifting their performances and preparing them for higher educational standards. (Akoja
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The word marriage is a common feature practiced universally. That is to say all societies throughout the world practice marriage. Although marriage is universal, it is not easily defined as a result of various cultural practices involved in what constitute marriage. Every society look at it according to their culture, customs values and belief systems attached to the word.
Igbo (2003pp.43), has given us a working definition of marriage saying, it is a “union between a man and woman such that children born to the woman are recognized as legitimate offspring of both parents”. Utulu (2010) viewed marriage as ties or unions between individuals and group. Among its functions are child bearing, child rearing and sexual satisfaction.
Early marriage among the youths has become so rampant today such that, the phenomenon is causing a lot of concern to the general public. The researcher just like anyone else who caters for the development and progress of his country would also feel concerned to take a clear look at the problem in order to ascertain its impact on the educational attainment of learners observation in Burku Local government area indicate that, the act is backed up with the reasons such as love for one another, sexual satisfaction, desire to be publicly recognized as responsible person, procreation, need for one’s assistance either in the farm or other activities. According to Utulu (2010), early marriage has become a problem in the area under study especially among the youths. Problems such as leadership issue between complexes as in who will rule the house since they are of the same age-range, the inability of the young husband to cater for the needs of his family, school abandonment and other social problems.
It is pertinent to note that primary school occupies a sensitive position in the development of pupils by uplifting their performances and preparing them for higher educational standards. (Akoja
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