Abstract
This study investigated the influence of single-parent educational support on the academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Delta North Senatorial District Delta State. Four research questions were raised to guide the study, and five corresponding hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The descriptive and correlational research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted of 2,939 SSIII students from public senior secondary schools in Delta North Senatorial District. The sample of the study was made up of 147 public senior secondary school students representing 5% of the total population, randomly selected using the simple random sampling te chnique. The research instrument used for data collection was a standardized test. The instrument was administered on thirty (30) respondents for its reliability and a reliable coefficient value of 0.76 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using Mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings from the study showed that there was no significant difference between the academic performance of male and female students from single mothers and single fathers. The findings further revealed that the performance of students from intact families was significantly higher than the mean performances of students from single mothers and those from single fathers among the sampled students at .001 and .002 significant levels respectively. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others, that Parents should consider the future of their children as the first priority, stay together and provide psycho-social and economic support to enhance the academic performance of their children.