This study was conducted to determine the maternal employment and its impact on the academic performance of the first year vocational students of Government Science and Technical College (GSTC) in Ijebu Ode Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was adopted by the study. The population of the study was the first year students of the GSTC, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Purposive sampling was used since all the students were used for the study. The students were three hundred and eighteen (318) in number of which two hundred and fifty (250) were males and sixty-eight (68) were females. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire and a four point scale which was a modified 5-point l;ikert scale was adopted. The reliability coefficient of 0.87 was established. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistical tool was used for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The result of hypothesis one tested showed that there was no significant difference between the responses of males and females GSTC students on the attitude of employed mothers towards promoting their children academic performance and also the result of hypothesis two tested showed that there was no significant difference between the responses of males and females GSTC students on the impact of maternal employment on the children academic performance. The study concluded that most employed mothers have little or no time in assisting their children in their studies. They were found to have left everything to their school or lesson teacher. The study however, recommended that employed mothers should plan themselves well by not allowing their jobs to affect the academic performance of their children.
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