ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of poverty on learners' academic peiformance of the selected schools in Asego Division Homa-Bay District Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the effects mentioned and academic peiformance in Asego Division, and to investigate the role of the community in alleviating poverty and improving education in Asego Division. The methods used for data collection were questionnaires ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried to establish the effect of teachers attitude towards pupils academic performance ,it was guided by a number of objectives which were to examine the factors that affect teachers competences in teaching, motivation of teachers and factors for poor pupils academic performance The study concentrated in Ibeno zone in Kisii Central District. The study focused on teachers to determine the impact of their attitude towards pupils' academic performance. Since the zone ex...
ABSTRACT This descriptive study set out to investigate the factors both within school and home, which were responsible for children dropping out of school. The study was conducted in selected primary schools of Amagoro division, Teso North district in Kenya. The variables studied included societal beliefs and values which pushed learners out of school, the income status of children’s parents and the school based factors such as the learning context and the environment. A semi- structural qu...
ABSTRACT Poverty is usually defined as the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them where as relative poverty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country, or compared to worldwide averages (http://encarta.msn.com/). In this report, I investigated the different causes of poverty in Buwenge Town Council in Jinja District in Eastern Uganda....
Challenges Of Universal Primary Education In Uganda A Case Stiidy Of Selected Primary Schools In Baitambogwe Sub County, Mayuge District
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ii APPROVAL iii DEDICATION iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 2 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 2 1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 3 1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 3 ChAPTER TWO 4 REViEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE 4 2.0 INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTERTHREE 8 RESFARCI-1 METHODOLOGY . S 3.1 RESEARCh DESIGN S 3.2 POPULATION SIZE 8 3.3. SELECTION OF RESPON[)ENTS S 3.4 SAMPLI...
ABSTRACT Performance disparity between boys and girls in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination was used to determine the impact gender effects have on academic performance in Tharaka District. The number of girls qualifying for tertiary colleges and especially the university, from the public secondary schools is dismal in comparison to that of boys. This is evident as KCSE results for the last five years (2004-2008) show that between these years, 30 boys qualified for t...
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ABSTRACT The topic of this research was "an iovestigation into the factors affecting performance in social studies in Busaba Sub-County in Butaleja district". The objectives of the study were to : find out the most effective and efficient methods of teaching social studies in primary schools, the type of instructional materials used in teaching social studies and the teachers attitude towards teaching social studies. The significance of this study may help the teachers in the field, educatio...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of parenting styles on socialization of children in early childhood education. The study was guided by specific objectives that included: to identify the parenting styles, to establish the theories and types of socialization and to establish the effects of parenting styles on socialization. The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where stratified sampling was used to select population. It employed 60 respondents. Data were analyzed and pr...
ABSTRACT The study carried out in the selected schools in lira municipality was meant to primarily analyze the relationship between staff motivation and students ‘performance; the specific objectives of the study. Meanwhile also to find out the level of performance of students and to establish the forms of staff motivation in place in the selected Schools in Lira Municipality. The data was collected through two sources; primary and secondary datas that facilitated the attainment of this rep...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of teachers in relation to student's performance in chemistry in KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) in the selecte!I secondary schools ot~ Garissa district, north eastern province, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; to determine the relationship between teacher experience and students' performance in chemistry, to investigate the relationship between teacher qualifications and student performance in...
ABSTRACT The study set out to determine the relationship between motivation and academic performance of students of St John's Malivani, in Makueni district Kenya. A number of schools were motivating their teachers and students to stimulate the performance in national examinations. Despite this, the performance of some schools in national examination were extremely very poor. The research question was on the characteristics / personal information of the teachers, subjects taught grade attaine...
ABSTRACT The critical issue addressed is the effects of parental involvement in performance amongst school children in Koilot Zone. The researcher will find out how it has impacted on the performance of pupils. The study will target 50% of the fourteen schools in the Zone using purposeful random sampling. Elements of parenting are many because of the role they play as mentors in a child's life. The target population will be all headteachers of selected schools and fiver parents from each of ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes ot Otology teachers towards the teaching- iearning process in seiected :Secondary schoois of Nyamaiya Division. Nyamira District Kenya The objectives of the study were; to determine the roie of teachers; attitudes on the teachingiearning process. to whether teaching attitudes affecting negativeiy the teaching- ieaming process. and to investigate whether the teaching competencies affect the teaching- iearning process. The meth...