An Assessment of the Impact of Universal Primary Education (Upe) Products On the Quality of Secondary Schools in Rakai District. A Case Study of Kyotera Town Council.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Declaration. j

Dedications ii

Acknowledgement. jjj

CHAPTER ONE.

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Back Ground to the study 4

1.2.1 The Introduction of UPE in Uganda 4

1.3 Statement of the problem 8

1.4 Scope of the study 8

1.5 purpose of the Study 9

1.6 Objectives of the study 9

1.9 Conceptual Frame work 10

1.10 Significance of the study 11

1.11 Definition of key terms 12

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Literature Review 13

2.1 The Concept of Quality in Secondary Education 13

2.3 UPE and Secondary School Enrollment 15

2.4 UPE and Teacher Recruitment and Performance in

Secondary Schools 18

2.5 UPE and the Quality of Physical Infrastructure and Teaching

Learning Materials In Secondary Schools 20

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Methodology 22

3.1 Research Design 22

3.2 Sample Size and Selection 22

3.3 The Study Instrument 23

3.4 Questionnaires 23

3.5 Interview schedule. 23

3.6 Observation 24

3.7 Validity and reliability of instruments 25

3.8 Testing of reliability of instruments 25

3.9 Procedures for data collection 25

3.10 Data Analysis 26

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Presentation of Data/Findings 27

4.1 Introduction 27

4.2 The Historical Perspective of the Visited Secondary Schools.

27

4.3 Conditions under Which the Visited Schools Were founded. 27

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4.4 Problems or Challenges Faced by Selected Secondary

Schools 29

4.5 Solution to the Impact of the Universal Primary Education

on the Quality of Education Schools. 29

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 Analysis of Data and Discussion 30

5.1 Introduction 30

5.2 Discussion 30

5.3 Universal primary Education Challenges 30

5.4 Conclusion 30

5.5 Recommendation 31

5.6 Areas for further research 32

APPENDIX 11

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS 33

APPENDIX III 37

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PUPILS 37

APPENDIX IV 39

AN INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR HEAD TEACHERS 39

References 45