AT RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG LEARNERS AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAlNMENTS IN SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF WAMBA ZONE, SAMBURU EAST DISTRICT - KENYA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ..................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................... i,

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... v

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ viii

ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................................... ix

DEFINITION OF TERMS ................................................................................................. x

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................. l

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... l

1.0 Background of the study .................................................................................... I

1.1 Statern.entoftheprnblem ................................................................................... 2

1.2 Objectives of the study ........................................................................................ 2

12. 1 General objective ............................................................................................... 2

1.2.2 Specific objectives ............................................................................................. 2

1.3 Research questions ............................................................................................... 3

1.4 Scope of the study ................................................................................................. 3

1.5 Significance ............................................................................................................. 3

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................. 4

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................... 12

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................... 12

3.0 lntrnduction .......................................................................................................... 12

3.1 Research design ................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Studyarea ............................................................................................................. 12

3.3 Sample framewod< .............................................................................................. 12

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3.3.1 Sample size ........................................................................................................ 12

3.3.2 Sample technique ............................................................................................ 12

3.3.3 Sample procedure ........................................................................................... 12

3.4 Methods fo1· data collection .............................................................................. l 3

3.4.1 Instrum.enls ...................................................................................................... 13

3.4.2 Sources or data ................................................................................................ 13

3.5 Data processing and analysis ......................................................................... 13

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 14

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ....................... 14

4.0 lntrocluction .......................................................................................................... 14

4.1 Background characteristics or teachers ...................................................... 14

4.1.1 Ageorresponclents ......................................................................................... l4

4.1.2 QualiCication of teachers ............................................................................... 15

4.1.3 Numbers of years in Lhe Leaching profession ........................................ l 6

4.2 Common forms of risky behavior. .................................................................. 17

4.2.1 The prevalence of school absenteeism and drop out among the

pupils in upper primary ................................................................................................ 17

4.2.2 Prevalence of violence and crime among children aged 12 and

above in primary schools ............................................................................................. 18

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4.3

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4.3.2

4.3.3

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4.5

Early sex and pregnancy among the girls aged 12 and above ......... 18

Cases of early pregnancies reported in primary schools ................... 19

Violent and criminal children in schools ................................................ 20

Prevalence of alcohol and dn.1g in p1·imary schools ............................. 21

Why the young pupils in schools have adopted at risk behavior ........ 21

Factors which have led children to adopt at risk behavior ............... 23

How poverty influences at risk behavior ................................................. 24

How parental support could expose chilcli-en lo risk factors ............ 25

Vulnerability of children and at risk behavioral tendencies ............. 26

Outcomes of at risk behavior .......................................................................... 27

What has been clone to address the youth at risk behavior ................. 29

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CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 31

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ....... 31

5.0 lntroduction .......................................................................................................... 31

5. 1 Surnrnary of findings .......................................................................................... 31

5.2 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 35

5.3 Recornmendations ............................................................................................... 35

REFERENCES .................................................................................................................. 37

APPENDICES ................................................................................................................... 38

Appendix A: Questionnaire for Teachers ................................................................. 38