ABSTRACT The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods of data
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the academic performance of disabled children in an inclusive setting in the selected primary schools of Kaptagat Division, Eldoret East District Kenya The specific objectives of the study were to examine the effects of inclusive education towards the academic performance of pupils in Kaptagat Division and to assess the challenges faced by inclusive learning in Kaptagat Division The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the t...
ABSTRACT Mathematics is one of the major subjects especially when it comes to career choice, most of the careers in our economy demands that one joining them must not only have basic knowledge in mathematics but also have better knowledge in this important subject. It has been noted with great concern that there is general poor performance in this subject to both boy child and girl child in all levels of education. Researcher has tried to carry out studies aimed at redirecting their scenario....
ABSTRACT This study concerns the problem facing free primary education such as inadequate teaching personnel, teacher distribution, gender disparities, poverty, political interference, immorality, bad peer groups, drug abuse among others. It is also an investigation of how effective this problem can be solved . The researcher gives various methods in collecting data including questionnaire, interview, and observation ,he particularly commonly used a questionnaire because it is more advantageo...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the effect of drug abuse on academic performance of pupils in selected primary schools of Ade- Masajida zone, Ade- Masajida Division, Wajir West District - Kenya. Most teachers in primary schools have been using drugs to "enhance" pupils' academic performance. Random sampling techniques were used to select 72 pupils from public schools and 24 pupils from private schools making a total sample size of 96 pupils. The same technique was used to sele...
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Declaration ............................................................................................................................. i Approval ................................................................................................................................ ii Dedication .............................................................................................................................. iii Acknowledgement ...............................
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of poor performance in Science in Central Division, Narok North District. The specific objectives of the study were to determine if discipline affects the Pupils' academic performance in Science in the selected schools of Central Division, to determine if teacher qualities affect the Pupils' academic performance in the selected schools of Central Division; and to determine if school facilities affect the Pupils' academic performa...
ABSTRACT Although the government has attached so much importance to education through finance and policies, there is still poor performance, low participation, high levels of wastage and poor transition from primary to secondary school in Igembe North district. The purpose of this study is to establish the extent to which cultural and socio-economic factors affect participation and access of students in secondary education in Igembe North district, Meru County. The main objectives of this stu...
ABSTRACT Studies in the business field indicate a positive relationship between emotional intelligence of heads of institutions and performance of such institutions. Few studies though, have been conducted to examine the role of emotional intelligence in the field of education The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between the principals‟ emotional intelligence and students‟ learning achievements in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, where learning ach...
ABSTRACT Education is recognized as the most important form of human resource development. It refers to any act of physical experience that has formative effect of individual mind, character or physical ability. In this technical sense, education is the formal process by which society through schools, colleges, universities and other institutions deliberately transmit cultural heritage and accumulated knowledge, values and skills to the next generation. The purpose of this study was to establ...
ABSTRACT Educational attainment is considered the most egalitarian basis for the allocation of rewards in most societies. Consequently, access to education determines the ultimate life chances of an individual. When such opportunities are inequitably distributed, educational attainment potentially becomes the instrument for increasing inequality rather than the converse. One of the obvious manifestations of inequality between social and income groups in Kenya is evident in terms of the access...
ABSTRACT Free Primary Education (FPE) was introduced in Kenya in January 2003.Since its inception, it has posed a number of challenges to the government, school managers and other education stakeholders. One of the major challenges is that FPE policy has led to an influx of pupils into various classes at primary level of schooling against a stagnant teacher population. This study was intended to investigate the effect of FPE policy on teacher adequacy, teacher effectiveness, and how the gove...
ABSTRACT Research on the role of internationalisation to the growth and development of higher education has steadily grown over the past decades. However, there is limited knowledge on the understanding of the process of internationalisation particularly in African higher education. To fill the gap, this study explored the key stakeholders understanding of the process of internationalisation in Kenyan Universities. The study was guided by four objectives: 1) To explore how role-players in Ken...
ABSTRACT Life Skills Education plays a major role in enabling individuals to translate knowledge, attitudes and values into actual abilities in reference to what to do and how to do it. There has been a concern over the rising cases of peer influence related behaviors among secondary school learners necessitating the need to carry out the study in secondary schools in KirinyagaCounty. The study objectives were; to establish trends in peer influence related behaviors among secondary school st...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the influence that family socioeconomic status has on students‟ academic performance. The independent variable for the study was socioeconomic status (SES) of the family, and would be measured by the family income and education level of the parents. The dependent variable was students‟ academic performance in examinations. The study adopted an ex-post factor survey design, and was conducted in public secondary schools in Igembe South Dist...