Effctiveness Of Free Primary Education On Withdrawing Children From Child Labour In Ngewa Zone-Kenya

ABSTRACT

The topic of the study was the effectiveness of Free Primary Education on Withdrawing Children

from Child Labour. The study was carried out on selected schools in,. Kipipiri division

Nyandarua District - Kenya. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of

learners' attitude and perfonnance of English Language. The study was guided by the

following objectives; to examine the impact of learners' attitude on performance of

English language, to establish the relationship between learners' attitude and

Performance of English language and to examine the methods used in English

language. The research findings indicated Proper teaching methods includes planning,

teaching, collecting data, assessment and progress record keeping(English module

2002 prepared by the ministry of Education). If the learner is not acquainted with a

variety of reference books, teaching aids, quality literature, his/her ability to reason

critically may not be fully developed. According to W.Harman (1989) motivations of

learners contribute to better performance. The research recommended that Going by

the results of the study, the researcher makes the following recommendations:

The ministry of education should ensure that teachers with long duration of service

should be taken for refresher courses, the govenunent through the ministry of

education should regularly revise the cmTiculum to suit the different aptitudes of the

learners, and the government should ensure that schools without adequate learning

facilities are subsidized with funds.