ABSTRACT Tourism in Kenya is almost exclusively centered on two geographical areas; the south coast beaches and a handful of game reserves or national parks. A !50-kilometre strip of coastline north and south of Mombasa is lined with beach hotels designed for package tours and contains half of all tourism development in the country. This concentration spread the benefits (and costs) along the coast and also the country as a whole. Despite the fact that tourism is such an important sector of t...
Recent research statistics has shown that the prevalence of girls dropping out of schools in Kenya is expanding rapidly to the distraction of the society. Kenyans cannot afford to complacent about it, thus there arises an immediate need to conduct an investigation on the factors responsible for school dropouts especially among the girls. The study adopted a descriptive research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the factors responsible for school drop out...
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE Declaration ........................................................................................ .i Approval ........................................................................................... .ii Dedication ....................................................................................... .iii Abstract .............................................................................................. iv Table of contents ...............................
ABSTRACT Despite the importance of pre-school as a foundation for the country's formal education, the Ministry of Education spends less than one percent of its budget on this sub-sector. The General objective of the study was to determine the impact of free primary education on early childhood education. The research study was conducted between April 2009 and August 2009. The study was carried in Budalangi division, Bunyala district, Kenya. A descriptive design was adopted for this particula...
ABSTRACT Education has been seen as the only solution to the elimination of poverty, diseases and illiteracy. Many governments including Kenya has equally paid serious attention in order to achieve it. A literate population is more productive than an illiterate one hence the need to enable every citizen the opportunity to access education at all levels. It is therefore based on the above that the researcher ventures into the topic in order to examine the impediments faced by the physically c...
The major purpose of the study was to detennine Gender mathematics concepts' perception and its effects on academic perfonnance of students in selected primary schools in Kyamulibwa subcounty, Masaka district, Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between girl's attitude and performance in mathematics, Investigate the relationship between teachers' attitudes and girls' perfonnance in mathematics, Detennine the relationship between the curriculum and...
ABSTRACT: The researcher seeks to carry out detailed study on enrollment of girls in chemistry in Randiani secondary school in Gucha district in Kenya. The study was conducted in selected regular schools in the division to represent schools in Gucha. The enrollment in girls in chemistry has been studied and possible solutions have been suggested on how to improve their performance and enrolment. The target group includes student, teachers and head teachers. The researcher distributed the ques...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out within Mandera Central which is located in Nairobi North - district of Kenya. To come up with this study, the researcher had to be driven by the cardinal (general) objective formulated prior to data gathering and this had been stated as: This study is intended to investigate the influence of financial resources on the academic performance of students in secondary schools within Mandera Central in North Eastern Kenya. It is from such an objective that the r...
This study was intended to determine the relationship between teaching aids and academic performance of pupils in selected schools in Bahari division, Kilifi District. In the review of related information, all sources viewed relevant were made of use. The study adopted a descripte design and questionnaires and interview guides wwere used in the collection of data from the key respondents. Data collected was processed, analyzed and interpreted relating it to the objectives of the study and the...
The World Bank (1980) observed that education is means of increasing skilled workers and raising the number of skilled manpower. This helps the c country to develop economically and hence reduce the poverty. The level of skills possessed by an individual and hence ability to participate in economic activities is dependent on the level of national education achieved. Science subjects are one the subjects taught at secondary school level It is compulsory to pursue at least one science subject. ...
The critical problem in this study was that despite the crucial role mathematics education plays in promoting scientific and technological development, girls’ performance in the subject as compared to boys (especially in mixed schools) had been quite dismal. It is for this reason that the purpose of the study was to investigate the school related factors influencing girl’s performance in mathematics in mixed secondary schools in Kobujoi Division, Nandi South District. To achieve the objec...
This study intended to establish the effectiveness of community service orders in behavior modification, rehabilitation, and crime prevention in Kakamega District, Western Province of Kenya. In the review of the related literature, all secondary sources viewed relevant to the study were revisited and helped to give the researcher a clear picture as well as a guidelines regarding the study which he had to undertake. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative paradigms since the varia...
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 the types of motivation needed for better performance in early childhood education centres. The study discovered that; Gifts, promises, appreciations, courage, and awards were the factors given by the respondents. The second research question sough...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of teaching methods on pupil's performance in mathematics in Meru south district Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; to determine the various types of teaching methods and their effect on performance of learners in mathematics, to investigate the hindrances to effective teaching of mathematics and to determine gender differences that exist in the performance of mathematics in Meru South district Kenya. The methods used for d...
Motivation represents the ootcomes of sevetal behavioral inputs such as attitude and teaming, and it is an important concept receMng considerable attention from academics, researchers and practicing managers. This study was carried out to assess how motivated teachers were to impart effectively knowledge and skills to /earners In primary schools of Chepkorto division, Keiyo district The fi:Jllowing objectives guided the study: to find out if the teachers ~re getting basic needs from schools w...