Learning Resources and Academic Performance of Learners in Selected Secondary Schools in Kiseka Sub-County Lwengo District, Uganda.

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 Lwengo district, to determine solutions to improve on the assessment of learning and the resources used. The study was to determine the roles of learning resources and performance on learners’ performance as well as to identify appropriate and sufficient learning resources for teaching/learning Learning resources and performance of learners in selected secondary schools. In identifying the objectives, the research was limited on appropriate learning resources and Learning resources and performance of learners in selected secondary schools in Kiseka sub-county Lwengo district and it covered biology ability; and sufficient learning resources. In finding the research intentions, Questionnaires were issued out to 200 respondents from which data was obtained on the roles of learning resources and covered biology ability. Interviews were held with secondary schools pupils, respondents plus the head teachers and class teachers on matters of the related topic. In the analysis of the findings, Teachers’ Questionnaires were collected and analyzed so as to obtain data on appropriate and sufficient learning resources available for the teaching of biology. Students’ Questionnaires were not analyzed but were used to ascertain the sincerity of the teachers in filling the questionnaire. The methods used in scoring the items of the questionnaire were as follows: In conclusion, the use of inadequate and impropriate resources is therefore the cause of learners inability and poor academic performance.