An Investigation on Academic Performance 01• Boys In Public Primary Schools, A Case Study of Kaptum Subcounty, Kween District, Uganda

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DEC LARA Tl ON ....................................................................................................................... 2

APPROVAL .............................................................................................................................. 3

DEDICATION .......................................................................................................................... 4

ABBREVIATIONS ................................... , ............................................................................... 5

CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................... 9

INTRODUCTION ........................................... , .......................................................................... 9

1.0 Jntroduction ................................................... : ............................................................... 9

I.I Background of the Study .............................................................................................. 9

l. l .4 Contextual Perspective .................................................................................................... 12

1.2 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................... 12

1.3 Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................... 13

1.3.1 General Objective ............................................................................................... 13

1.3.2 Specific Objectives ........................... , .................................................................. 13

1.4 Research Questions ..................................................................................................... 14

1.5 Scope of the Study ....................................................................................................... 14

1.5.1 Geographical Study ................................................................................................ 14

1.8 Operational Terms ................................................... : .................................................... 16

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................ : ............................................................. 18

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................ : ............................................ 18

2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 18

2.1 Theoretical Framework ................................................................................................. 18

2.2 Review of Related Literature ......................................................................................... 19

2.2.1 Boys Child Academic Performance ..................................................................... 19

2.2.2 Family Background of the Boys child and Academic Perfonnance ........................ 21

2.2.4 Parental Involvement in Boys child Academic Performance .................................. 24

CHAPTER THREE .................................... , ............................................................................. 26

METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 26

3.0 Introduction ............................................................ : .................................................... 26

3.1 Research Design ............................................ : ........................................ .................... 26

3.2 Target Population .................................................................................. .................... 26

3.3 Sample size .................................................................................................................. 26

3.4 Sa111pling techniques ..................................................................................................... 27

3.4.1 Selection of schools ......................................................................................................... 27

3.4.2 Selection of respondents .................................................................................................. 27

3.5 Data Collection Methods ............................................................................................ 28

3.6 Data quality eontrol ............................................................................................................ 29

3.6.1 Validity of Instruments ................................................................................................ 29

3.6.2 Reliability .................................................................... 29

3.7 Data analysis ................................................................................................................. 29

CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................... 32

DATA ANALYSIS PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION ....................................... 32

4.1 lntrodμction ................................................................................................................... 32

4.2 Response rate ................................................................................................................ 32

4.3 General infonnation ............................................................................................................ 32

4.3.1 Gender of the parental respondents ............................................................................. 32

4.3.2 Age of parental respondents ........................................................................................ 33

4.3.3 Age ofthe Child respondents ...................................................................................... 33

4.3.4 Highest level of education of Parental respondent ..................................................... .34

4.3.5 Period of time of child respondent in the current school ............................................. 34

4.4 Family background of the child respondent ...................................................................... .35

4.4.1 Marital Status of the family .................................... : .................................................... 35

4.4.2 Structure of the family of the child respondent ........................................................... 36

CHAPTER FIVE ...................................................................................................................... 37

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 37

5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 37

5.2 Summary of the findings .................................................................................................... 37

5.3 Discussion of the Findings .................................................................................................. 39

5.4 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 42

5.5 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 43

REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 45

APPENDIX I: INSTRUMENT (S) ....................................................................................... 50

APPENDIX II: THE HEADTEACHERS ........................... : .................................................... 51

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