Abstract This investigation is aimed at establishing the effects of economic status, socialization of young children, the influence of education attainment, and their impacts on physical development of children’s upbringing by young parents. A case of Kiptaiwa and Ossen village Kenya. The research techniques used and limitations involved in data collection is focused in chapters 2(two), 3(three) and 4(four). The findings revealed that poor socialization of young children by parents yields b...
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of parent's involvement in education on the academic performance of the mentally retarded children in public primary schools of Kibargoi zone; Soy division of Keiyo district Kenya The scope of the study was the Rift Valley Province. The target population was all the parents of mentally retarded children. The sample populations are two parents and two class one teachers from the seven sampled schools. The collected data is presented in the frequency dis...
ABSTRACT This study was about the consequences of classroom management towards academic perfiJrmance ofpupils in Kandara division, Murang 'a South district, Kenya. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect ()f classroom management towards academic performance of pupils in Kandara division, lvfurang 'a South district. All relevant sources to this particular study were used in the review ()[related literature. The research employed a descriptive survey and questionnaires were...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of poor infrastructure on the performance of U.P.E programme.The study specifically was guided by the following objectives:-To find out how the poor infrastructure affects the performance of UPE programme. Despite the governments' implementation of USE there is poor performance in primary leaving examination in Kamwenge subcounty Kamwenge district which can be attributed to poor infrastructure that affects the Universal Primary E...
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 study set out to establish the effect of appraisal practices on the performance of teachers in secondary schools of Lorengedwat sub County, Nakapiripirit District. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of appraisal practices in secondary schools of Lorengedwat Sub County on (i) the participation of teachers in school activities (ii) Quality of teaching and (iii) the involvement of teachers in school administration. It has been reported by the DE...
ABSTRACT This research set out to assess the extent to which alcohol abuse and consumption has affected learner's academic performance. It utilized the following objectives to guide the study: To assess the magnitude of the problem of alcohol abuse and consumption in primary schools of Kaiti division. To investigate the causes of alcohol abuse in primary schools; To assess the effects of alcohol abuse on the individual children; To investigate the challenges which learners face as a result 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...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS~ TABLE OF~ L_.IST OF TABLES~ LIS1 OF~ AC~ON~MS~ ix CIH A PTER ONE~1 IN]R.ODIJCFION~3* 1.1 Introduction to the Study~1 1.2 Background of the Study~1 1.3 Statement of the Problem~4 1.4 Purpose of the Study~4 1.5 Objectives of the Study 4 1.6 Research Questions 5 1.7 Significance of the Study~5 1.8 Limitation of the Study 6 1.9 Limitations of the Study 6 1.10 The Conceptual Framework 6 1.11 Definitions of Operational Terms 8 CI1APTE~~. TWO...
Abstract The major objective was to find out the impact of play materials on social interaction among children aged five years. The study was conducted in Kirahu division, Murang’a district-Kenya. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection in which questionnaires were formulated for collection of data under the quantitative data collection methods. The first research question sought to find out the types of play materials needed for the performance in early ...
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 purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of counseling on learning abilities among special needs students. This was guided the specific objectives that included l)to find out the significant relationship between counseling and learning abilities 2)to determine the levels of counseling among special needs students 3)to examine the levels of learning abilities and 4)to explore the types of learning disabilities. The study employed qualitative approach method in collecting data and...
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 ......................................................................................
ABSTRACT Recent research statistics has shown that primmy education level is faced by myriad of challenges. Kenyans cannot afford to complacent about it, thus there arise an immediate need to conduct an investigation on the issue of socio-economic influences on pupils academic performance. The study adopted a descriptive research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the socio-economic factors affecting academic performance of girls in Ngarima zone, G...