Factors Leading to Poor Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Luuka District Uganda. A Case Study of St. Steven Kituuto Secondary School.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi

LISTOFFIGURES ix

ABSTRACT x

CHAPTER ONE 1

1:1. Background 1

1:2. Problem Statement 2

1:3. Purpose of the Study 3

1:4. Objectives of the Study 3

1:5. Research Questions 3

1:6. Scope of the Study 3

1:7. Significance of the Study 3

1:8. Conceptual frame work 4

CHAPTER TWO 6

LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2:0. Introduction 6

2:1:0. School related factors leading to poor performance 6

2:1:1. Inadequacy school facilities, teaching and learning resources like laboratories, libraries,

classrooms, desks among others 6

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2:1:2. school~ .7

2:1:3. Meals provision at school and academic performance’ 7

2:1:4. Lack of motivation and academic performance’ 7

2:1:5. Inadequacy teachers and quality’ 8

2:2:0. Student based factors and academic performance’ 9

2:2:1. Indiscipline cases by students and academic performance’ 9

2:2:2. The negative attitudes of students towards study’ 9

2:2:3. Students’ characters like Love affairs, laziness, and poor time management’ 10

2:3:0.Home based factors and academic performance’ 10

2:3:1. Influence of parents’ occupation on academic performance of students 10

2:3:2. Influences of parents’ income on academic performance in secondary schools 11

2:3:3. The parents’ involvement in PTAs 11

CHAPTER THREE 13

3:0. Introduction 13

3:1. Research design 13

3:2, Study population 13

3:3:1. Sample size 13

Table 3:3:1 .Categories of sample 13

3:3:2. Data collection procedure 13

3:4. Methods of data collection 14

3:4:1. Sources of data 14

3:5. Data processing and Analysis 14

CHAPTER FOUR 15

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION. ..................................,,.. 15

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4:0. Introduction.15

4:1. School related factors leading to poor academic performance 15

4:1:1. Inadequacy school facilities, teaching and learning materials 15

4:1:2. Inadequacy teachers and quality 15

4:1:3. Lack of motivation by both the teachers and the students 16

4:1:4. Meal provision at schools 17

4:2. Student related factors leading to poor academic performance 17

4:2:1. Indiscipline levels and academic performance of learners 17

4:2:2. Negative attitude of students towards study 18

4:2:3. Students’ characters like laziness, love affairs, poor time management 19

4:3. Home based factors leading to poor academic performance 20

4:3:1. Influence of parents’ occupation on academic leading to poor academic performance, .20

4:3:2. Influence of parents’ income levels on academic performance 20

4:3:3. Influence of educational levels of parents on academic performance 21

4:3:4. The influence of parents’ involvement in PTAs on academic performance 22

CHAPTER FIVE 23

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 23

5:0. Introduction 23

5:1. Findings 23

5:2. Summary of the findings 24

5:3. Conclusions 24

5:4. Recommendations 25

5.5 Further Research 26

REFERENCES 27

APPENDICES 29

APPENDIX 1 :QUESTIONNAIRES 29