Absenteeism On Students’ Performance in Mixed Public Secondary Schools; Case Study Manafwa (Namisindwa) District Magale Sub-County and Bitiru Sub-Countyuganda.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION Ii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES viii

ACRONYMS ix

CHAPTER ONE 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background to the study 1

1.2 Problem Statement 2

1.3 Objectives of the study 3

1.3.1 Broad objective 3

L3.2 Specific Objectives 3

1.4 Research Questions 3

1.5 Scope of the study 3

1.5.1 Geographical scope 3

1.5.2 Content Scope 4

1.7 Significance of the study 4

1.7 Conceptual framework 5

CHAPTER TWO 6

LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2.0 introduction 6

2.1 General definition of absenteeism 6

2.2 Absenteeism in schools 6

2.3 Causes of Absenteeism 6

2.4 Perfonnance 7

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2.5 Who does absenteeism ii~pact~ . 8

2.6 How is absenteeism measured’7 9

2.7 What’s being done to combat chronic absenteeism’7 10

CHAPTER THREE 11

METHODOLOGY 11

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Research Design ii

3.2 Study Population

3.3 Sample Size and Sampling Technique ii

3.3.1 Sample Size 11

3.3.1 Sampling Techniques 11

3.4 Sources of Data 12

3.5 Data Collection Methods 12

3.5.1 Interview Guide 12

3.5.2 Questionnaires 13

3.6 Data Quality Control 13

3.7 Data Analysis and Presentation 13

3.8 Ethical Considerations 13

3.9 Limitations of the Study 13

CHAPTER FOUR 15

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 15

4.0 Introduction 15

4.1 Characteristics of the students 15

4.2 Academic performance 16

4.3 Students’ opinion on poverty 16

4.4 Students’ opinion on sexual abuse 17

4.5 Students opinion on school related factors 18

4.6 Differentials in academic performance 21

4.7 Determinates of academic performance 22

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CHAPTER FIVE .24

DISUSSION OF TFIE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS 24

5.0 Introduction 24

5.1 Discussion of the findings 24

5.1.1 Main objective 24

REFERENCES 28

APPENDICES 30

Appendix 1: Questionnaire 30

APPENDIX II: MORGAN AND KREJC IFS TABLE 1970 38