ABSTRACT
The study was about educational challenges facing double orphans in Kiganjo Zone,
Thika district. There are many double orphan learners in the zone whose parents could
have died due to accidents or diseases like HIV/AIDS. cancer and others. The method
used in the study to collect data was qualitative approach, The research design was
survey method. The targeted population was teachers and double orphan learners in the
zone. The zone had twenty schools. The researcher sampled five schools out of the
twenty. These schools were Gachika, Gathiru, Kiganjo and Ucekeini. The instruments
and. tools used were questionnaires, interview and observation. They were used during
gathering of information. In the five schools, questionnaires were given to three teachers
per school. The total number being fifteen. The researcher interviewed the other teachers
in the five schools. The double orphan learners were interviewed through sampling
method. The researcher found many double orphans to have acquired many behavioral
changes after death of their parents. The behavioral changes have affected dearly their
academic performances. Many teachers have not been trained in areas of guidance and
counseling and in special needs education.The government has a major role in sensitizing
the members of the public on the plight of double orphans. It should also start
rehabilitation centre for these learners rather than waiting for well wishers like non governmental organizations which are very few in this area of double orphans.
NJIHIA, A (2021). Educational Challenges Of Double Orphan Learners, Kiganjo Zone, Thika District - Kenya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/educational-challenges-of-double-orphan-learners-kiganjo-zone-thika-district-kenya
NJIHIA, ANTHONY "Educational Challenges Of Double Orphan Learners, Kiganjo Zone, Thika District - Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 09 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/educational-challenges-of-double-orphan-learners-kiganjo-zone-thika-district-kenya. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
NJIHIA, ANTHONY . "Educational Challenges Of Double Orphan Learners, Kiganjo Zone, Thika District - Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 09 Jun. 2021. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/educational-challenges-of-double-orphan-learners-kiganjo-zone-thika-district-kenya >.
NJIHIA, ANTHONY . "Educational Challenges Of Double Orphan Learners, Kiganjo Zone, Thika District - Kenya" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/educational-challenges-of-double-orphan-learners-kiganjo-zone-thika-district-kenya