ABSTRACT This study is about remuneration and its impact on the performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Eastern Division in Tororo, District. Poor academic performance of students in Uganda has been linked to negative attitude to work and poor teaching habits which have been attributed to poor motivation (Ofoegbu, 2004 and Olatundun, 2007, Lockhead and Dkomenan, 1988) The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of remuneration on the performance of teachers in p...
ABSTRACT The study focused on “an investigation on the relationship between fishing and academic performance of lakeshore schools inhabitants.” It was based on its objectives namely; to identify the causes of interest in fishing to the secondary school children in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district, To find out the effects of fishing activity to the academic performance of secondary school children of lake shore schools in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district and lastly suggest way f...
ABSTRACT This study was a description cross-sectional design aimed at determining the factors affecting girls' poor performance in maths in the Barwessa zone as being an illustrative example. My objectives were; To determine why the performance of girls in mathematics in primary schools is poor and To determine possible ways for nurturing mathematics-solving problem attitudes in pupils to improve their performance. To determine possible ways of developing intellectual abilities and skills in...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of feeding programme on academic performance of learners. The objectives were to investigate how feeding programme impacts on learners academic performance. The researcher used a cross sectional survey design and both qualitative and quantitative research designs were used. A sample of 300 respondents was selected. The respondents were drown from all the selected few primary schools plus the staff members. Questionnaires were admini...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the Teacher's Impact on Student Academic Performance in Rwengoma Sub-county Kabarole District. The purpose of this research study was to critically examine the influence of the teacher on the student’s performance in Rwengorna Sub-county KabaroleDistrict. This study was guided by three main objectives the general one being to find out the impact of teachers on students’ academic performance in Kabaroledistrict,to find out the impact of teacher qualification o...
ABSTRACT Social media are web-based services that gives individual the opportunity to create either a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, add a list of others to with they share a connection and view and transverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of examining the impact of use of social media on students’ academic performance in Ibanda municipality. In other to measure social media ...
ABSTRACT. The study was basically focused on establishing the socio-economic status and school dropout taking Masaka Municipality as the case study, the seriousness of the socio-economic status and school dropout was to be unveiled by this study. In the same way, effective and appropriate measures that could be applied to rectify the socio-economic status and school drop-out cases for the proper learning of the pupils were strongly expected to be identified in these study findings. The study...
ABSTRACT This was about the Management and Performance of the Thematic Curriculum in selected primary schools in Busolwe Town Council, Butaleja District. The objectives of the study cover examining the effect of teaching methods on the performance of pupils in Butaleja Primary Schools, finding out how inadequate use of instructional materials affect the performance of primary pupils in Butaleja District and examining how monitoring affects the performance of pupils in Butaleja District. The ...
ABSTRACT The study was to explore the implication of school management in improving students’ academic performance in public primary schools in the Bukomansimbi district (Butenga sub-county). The Specific objectives of the study included; analyzing the influence of head teacher leadership on students’ academic performance in public primary schools, examining the effect of school funds mobilization on students’ academic performance in public primary schools and determining the influence...
ABSTRACT The study on the causes and effects of students’ school dropouts was carried out in Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District. The purpose of the study was to investigate the causes and effects of school dropout in schools. The research was guided by the objectives of the study which included; finding out the causes of school dropouts in Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District, and finding out the effects of girls' school dropouts in the community of Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo D...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Students in Secondary Schools in Ruhaama Sub County Ntungamo-Uganda with specific objectives which include; to identify the extent to which psychosocial problems affect the level of academic performance, to identify the effect of Peer Pressure on the behavior of secondary school students, to identify the roles of school authorities in helping the students to cope with adolescence and to identify the variation ...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the impact of the High Teacher Turnover Rate on Academic Performance in a Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in the Iganga District. The study was aimed at identifying the challenges students face due to their time of study while residing on the schools’ premises, and how these challenges affect their academic performance in class and outside class. The study further suggested amicable solutions for the challenges found during the field study. To achieve ...
ABSTRACT This study examined risky behaviour adopted by the young people in selected primary schools, and how this has affected their academic progress in the Makindye east division of Kampala District. The researcher adopted the following objectives for the study; to investigate the common types of risky behaviour adopted by youth, to find out why the youth have adopted such risky behaviour and to assess the negative outcomes of the youth's risky behaviour. Using a convenient sampling techn...
ABSTRACT The research study was carried out in Kiseka sub-county Lwengo district. The research was basically based on a topic: “Learning resources and academic performance of learners in selected secondary schools in Kiseka sub-county Lwengo District. The research was guided by a number of objectives which included the following; - to find out effective ways of improving students’ ability, to establish the impact of learning resources on students’ performance in Kiseka sub-county Lweng...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the socio-economic factors in teaching and learning achievements in secondary schools in Uganda focusing on senior two students. The objectives of the study were; to find out how students ‘home and family background determine their learning achievements, to investigate the effect of students ‘ characteristics on learning and to examine the effect of school characteristics on students’ learning achievements. Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Edu...