CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Poverty has been the hardest challenge facing human life from time immemorial. It has contributed to low social-economic states in society and has brought absent difficult circumstance that face learners today. It has negatively affected all people regardless of age, culture, race, religion and other factors. On overview of some facts about poverty in the world of South Africa the black Americans suffered untold miseries ranging from diseases, poverty, denial of education, forced labour and denial of other essential services due to racial segregation by the white colonialist. This has lowered Africans, social economic position. In America black Americans as a result of racial discrimination by whites, they were reduced to beggars who languished in poverty by being denied some of the important resources. This has negatively led to poor social economic situation in America. The law social economic level may have originated from the negative factors that resulted from colonization which the British colonialist set foot in the 19th century. Some changes were negative and others were positive. Some of the negative changes that the British colonialists brought were the issue of formal education, where the Africans were denied and later they were given basic education to enable them concentrate on agriculture. The whites were trained for white collar job.
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MUTEGI, DAVID . "Impact of Poverty On Academic Performance of Students, A Case Study of Karembuni Primary School in Magumoni Zone, Magumoni Division in Meru South District, Kenya" Afribary (2022). Accessed April 18, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/impact-of-poverty-on-academic-performance-of-students-a-case-study-of-karembuni-primary-school-in-magumoni-zone-magumoni-division-in-meru-south-district-kenya