ABSTRACT The study investigated into the effects of drug abuse on performance in schools. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; determining the causes of drug abuse, proposing the effects of drug abuse on academic performance and establishing a relationship between academic performance and drug abuse. The research consists of five chapters. Chapter one with an introduction, chapter two consists of the related literature, and chapter three consists of the methodology. cha...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of orphanhood on students' academic performance. The objectives of the study were to examine the challenges faced by orphans; find out strategies that would help orphans in schools, and examine the effect of orphanhood on the academic performance of learners. The researcher used a case study design. A representative sample was made from the target population through a simple random sampling method. A representative sample of 30% was...
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 purpose of this study was to find out the effect of school administration on student discipline at St. Brigid’s Girls’ High School in Kiminini Division Trans-Nzoia District Data was collected from thirty students who are sampled using systematic random sampling, ten teachers who are purposively sampled and the head teacher. Data were collected by the use of questionnaires, interview schedules and analysis of documents. Data was analyzed using frequency distributions and perc...
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 One of the goals of millennium development goals is to ensure that there is gender parity in access to education. Education for All (EFA) has indeed brought the girl child education to another level where the government of Kenya has laid down strategies aimed at improving girl child enrolment and transition to higher levels. This study, therefore, looked at the challenges faced by the girl child in pursuit of education. The study was carried out at Primary data was sourced through t...
ABSTRACT The researcher has carried out an investigation on regular teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of learners with visual impairment in a regular school in the central division Norok district. The objectives of the study are: To find out regular teachers' knowledge about visual impairments, to find out the regular teachers' knowledge about inclusive education, to find out the teachers' attitude toward educating learners with visual impairment in regular schools, to find out the te...
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 The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of gender and academic performance of mathematics in selected secondary schools of the Moyale District. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate some factors responsible for the negative attitudes toward the studying mathematics by female students. The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to gather information on the attitudes of female students. The findings revealed that the attitudes of girls t...