The study investigated the impact of environment on performance of schools in Igembe Central division of Igembe South district. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; Determining ways in which environment can be improved to be in line with school performance, Effect of environment on school performance and Roles of the school in our daily environment. The research consists of five chapters. Chapter one with introduction, chapter two consists of the related literature,...
The study of this report is about the socio-economic and school drop out in Mukothima zone Tharaka district. It is directed by three objectives and these include: To assess the causes of school drop out in mukothima, to find out how socio-economic factors have affected child's academic performance and to assess the effects of school drop outs among the children in Mukothima The study was descriptive where stratified sampling was used to select population. It employed a total sample of 50...
This study was conducted to explore the survival of the urban poor in Nabutiti neighbourhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala City. This was after the realisation that the liberalisation of the economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the rapid urbanisation of Kampala City had left tens of thousands of the city residents in squalid conditions where abject and absolute poverty rule with services going mainly to paying clients following the withdrawal of the state as the principal actor. T...
The HIV/AID is a pandemic as it affects people worldwide.The first recognized cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s. A number of gay men in New York and California suddenly began to develop rare opportunistic infections and cancers that seemed stubbornly resistant to any treatment. At this time, AIDS did not yet have a name, but it quickly became obvious that all the men were suffering from a common syndrome. Beith national and international travel undoubtedly had a major ...
The study explores the topic: Reproductive health services and women with disabilities. The main purpose of the study is to analyse the accessibility of women with disabilities to reproductive health services. The study is guided by three specific objectives, thus: To establish the extent to which people with impairments access reproductive health service; to find out the channels used in dissemination of reproductive health information and other services by programmers in the area of st...
The Hidden Ojrriojlum And Equnable Educanon Achievement For Boys And Girls: A Case Study Of Selected Mixed Public Secondary Schools In Usain-Gishu District, Kenya
TABLE OF CONTENT 3.4 Data collection methods .20 3.5 Validity and Reliability 21 3.6 Research Procedure 21 3.7 Data Analysis 22 3.8 Limitations of the study and their solutions 22 3.9 Ethic considerations 23 CHAPTER FOUR 24 DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINI)INGS 24 4.0 Introduction 24 4. 1 Respondent’s particulars 24 4.2 The effect of family background on the educational performance of students 28 4.3 Effect of parents’sociO-ecOflomic status on their students’ aca...
ABSTRACT The research assessed the strength and challenges encountered in implementing free primary education in Kenya. Strength was noted like high enrolment, reduction of street children among others. However there were some challenges like lack of enough teachers, inadequate learning facilities like teaching materials and infrastructural materials plus many others. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration Acknowledgements Abstract Table of Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Int...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Kansanga Sub-Parish between July 2007 and September 2007. The aim of the study was to observe the effects of Parental Divorce on children’s academic performance within the Parish. The specific objectives were to determine the effects of Parental Divorce on a student’s academic performance, to examine the need to change the attitude and perspective towards family values, to develop a criteria for identifying the minor and major effects of marriage b...
ABSTRACT This research study investigates the factors affecting performance of physics in Utithi secondary school, Kibwezi district, Eastern province, Kenya. The researcher at the inception stage got disturbed by declining performance in physics and for this reason he sought to find out the factors affecting the performance of physics and likely solutions. The investigation was conducted by collecting secondary data from the physics teachers of Utithi secondary school. The methodology u...
ABSTRACT This is the study was about the factors affecting the teaching of traditional Kenyan dances in the primary schools of Dandora -zone, Nairobi East district. The instruments of research used were questionnaires, interview. guide and observation schedule. Five primary schools were involved in the study. Data was collected using questionnaires and oral interviews. The survey shows that there are a number of factors Affecting the teaching of traditional Kenyan dances 111 pnmary sch...
ABSTRACT The study looked at assessing the performance of girl child education in selected secondary schools in Thuita secondary school in central Muranga district, Kenya. There are direct and opportunity costs of education which has strong negative effects on female educational opportunities. The purpose of this study was to assess the factors influencing performance of girl child education in relation to access, participation and completion rates in Thuita secondary school in central M...