Gender and Girls’ Academic Performance in Science Five Selected Schools Chuka Division, Meru South District, Kenya

Table of contents

Declaration ....................................................................................... i

Approval. ....................................................................................... ii

Dedication ...................................................................................... iii

Acknowledgment ............................................................................. .iv

Table of contents .............................................................................. v

List of tables ................................................................................... vi

List of charts ....... • ........................................................................... vii

List of charts .................................................................................. vii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................. .ix

CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................ !

1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... !

l.!Background of the Study .................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ................................................................. 2

1.3 Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 2

1.2 Research Questions ......................................................................... 2

1.3 Scope of the Study.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

I .4 Significance of the study...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

1.5 Limitations of the study.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3

1.6 Conceptual Frame Work ................................................................. .4

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................... 5

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................. 5

2.1 Introduction ................................................................................. 5

2.2 Causes of Gender Inequality .............................................................. 5

2.3 Effects of Gender on Performance.................................................. .9

2.4 Community pmiicipation towards girls' academic performance ..................... 9

2.5 Solutions to the poor gender performance in science .............................. I 0

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................... 13

3.0 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................... 13

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................... 13

3.2 Research Design .......................................................................... 13

3 .3. Organization of the study ............................................................... 13

3.3.1 Area of study ........................................................................... 13

3.3.2 Study population and Sample size ................................................... 13

3.3.3. Smnpling technique .................................................................... 13

3 .4 Research instruments ..................................................................... 14

3.5. Reliability of instruments ............................................................... 14

3.6. Data Collection Procedures ............................................................. 14

3. 7. Methods of data analysis ............................................................... 14

3.8. Data analysis .............................................................................. 15

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................ 16

4.0 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND

INTERPRETATIONS ...................................................................... .16

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4.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 16

4.1 Profile of the respondents ............................................................... 16

4.2 Causes of Gender Inequality in Performance ......................................... I 8

4.3 Effects of gender inequality in education ............................................. 29

4.4 Community contribution towards girl's academic

performance ........................................................................................... .31

4.5. Solutions the poor academic performance of girls in

science .......................................................................................... 31

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................. .33

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMENATION .............................. 33

5.0 Introduction........................................................................... 33

5.1 Summary of Finding................................................................. 33

5.3. Conclusions .............................................................................. 36

5.4. Recommendations ....................................................................... 37

5.5 Suggestions for further research ....................................................... .38

REFERENCES ................................................................................ 39

APPENDIX I: TRANSMIT AL LETTER ................................................ .42

APPENDIX 11: ACCEPTANCE LETTER .............................................. .43

Appendix III: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS .................................. .44

Appendix IV: QURSTIONNAIRE FOR PUPILS ....................................... .47

MAP OF KENYA ............................................................................ 50