ABSTRACT This report titled Effects of Poverty on the Growth and Development of Children is based on the reality of an impending calamity that ought to be dealt with urgency. Through historical data it has been realized that poverty is a key factor in the deprivation of child growth to attain optimum cognitive ability and increases the chance of psychological complications in future. It dampens the chances of a developing child to attain his capacity compared to his counter parts that live in...
ABSTRACT Most learners with learning difficulties in Mageta Island do not attend lessons in the regular schools due to the various problems they face. Due to their nature of impairment even those who attend the regular schools stiff find it hard to accomplish various academic tasks. In addressing the various needs, the researcher embarked on a strategy of research. In the research he collected views from teachers and pupils. TheABSTRACT Most learners with learning difficulties in Mageta Islan...
ABSTRACT Kamariny zone is in Kamariny division of Keiyo district in Rift Valley Province of Kenya. There has been a successive decline of mathematics performance in this Kamariny academic zone year —in-year-out for the last five years. Researchers have been silent over this deterioration yet mathematics stems key combinations for secondary, higher academic courses and the day to day social-economic activities of the community. If mathematics performance continues deteriorating it implies th...
ABSTRACT For many years academicians and researchers have debated about factors that influence a student academic performance in mathematics. From this debate, they have come to agree that soclo- economic factors are among other factors that influence a student’s academic performance in mathematics. This study aimed at establishing socio- economic factors that affect mathematics performance of students at Kenya certificate of secondary education of St. Paul’s Igonga secondary school in Ki...
ABSTRACT Objectives: This study investigated the teaching process and learning of pupils in Kiswahili language in selected primary schools in Wakiso District, Uganda. Specifically, this study determined the profile of the teachers as to age, gender, marital status, educational qualification and number of years in service and pupils as to age and gender. This study determined the degree of teaching and learning process in terms of attitude, availability of teachers, culture, policies, availabi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of free primary education on the academic performance of pupils in. The specific objectives of the study were to determine if Poor Physical Facilities affects the implementation of free primary education. Determine if Lack of enough Trained Teachers affects the implementation of free primary education. Determine if high Pupil-Teacher Ratio affects the implementation of free primary education. Determine if poverty level of pare...
ABSTRACT The study was to find the effect of shortage of school facilities on a academic performance in Nakawa division. Indeed shortage of school facilities is an issue of contention capable of crimping the future of a cadmic and the entire education sector given the effects of which have seen total crumbing of school across the country. The study was based on two variables academic performance and school facilities. The relationship between the two is tangible is one leads to the other that...
ABSTRACT The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in which questionnaires, interview guides and focus group discussions were used to collect the data from the respondents. The first research question sought to find out causes of early pregnancy of girls in primary schools. The study discovered that; poverty, socialization, attitudes, perception, personality, and containers were the factors given by the respondents. The second research question sought to...
Abstract This chapter highlights the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, hypothesis, scope of the study, significance of the study. Also pointed out are the limitations and the delimitations of the study. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In 1996 while launching his manifesto, president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni committed himself and declared to introduce Universal Primary Education (UPE) to four children per ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL ii DEDICATION ill ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST OF FIGURES vii ABSTRACT viii CHAPTERONE i INTRODUCTION i 1.1 Back Ground to the Study 1 1 .2 Back Ground to the Subject of Study 1 1.3 Statement of the Problem 3 1.4 Objectives of the Study 3 1.4.1 General Objective 4 1 .4.2 Specific Objectives 4 1 .5 Research Questions 4 1 .6 Significance of the Study 4 1.7 The Scope of the Study 5 CHAPTER TWO 6 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.0 Intro...
ABSTRACT The research topic was on the impact of strikes on the academic performance of students in Gucha district. The case study of the research was in Sameta Division, Gucha district-Nyanza province-Kenya. The total percentage of the respondents was 60. 10 parents, 10 teachers, 10 students and 30 community members were involved in the study. The findings were in line with the research question. The first research question sought to find out the impacts of strikes in academic performance o...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the importance of playing on the early childhood education in Ndgwa primary school, Rarieda District, Kenya The specific objectives of the study were to determine the profile of the respondents in regards to: age, gender and academic level, to investigate the importance of playing in regards to academic achievements, problem solving, social and egoistic competence confidence building and health development and to identify the hindrance to c...
The main purpose study was to investigate teacher motivation and performance of students in selected primary schools of Gatundu division, Gat-undu district, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to determine; teacher motivation and academic performance of pupils, Teacher's qualification and pupil's achievement and School facilities and academic performance The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the teachers and focus group discussions with the pupils The findin...
The research carried out is about the problems faced by teachers in the teaching of the mentally retarded children in Kairaa primary school Abogeta division Meru Kenya. The researcher being a trained special need teacher handling mentally retarded children in a special unit class failed to understand why so many mentally retarded children in the mainstream dropped out of school so often and tried to find out the degree of problems faced by teachers teaching mentally retarded children and addr...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................ i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWi{LEDGEMENT ......................................................................................