Punishment and Rewards on the Academic Performance of Female Students in Selected Secondary Schools of Gasabo District, Kigali City, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study focuses on “Punishment and Rewards on the Academic Performance of female students in selected schools of Gasabo district, Kigali City in Rwanda”. The objectives of this study were the following: to; Determine the profile of respondents in terms of age, gender, combinations and classes in selected secondary schools of Gasabo District. Determine the degree of punishment of female students in selected secondary schools of Gasabo District. Determine the level of rewards of female students in selected secondary schools of Gasabo District. Examine the level of academic performance of female students in selected secondary schools of Gasabo district. Determine the relationship between the degree of punishment and female students’ Academic Performance in selected secondary schools of Gasabo District. Determine the relationship between the level of rewards and female students’ Academic Performance in selected secondary schools of Gasabo District. The population of the study comprised female students picked from 10 selected schools of Gasabo District. The sample also participated in research was 2O4 female students picked from those 10 selected schools. Thus by computing coefficient of determination, we found that punishment level contribute more significantly to academic performance (62.8%) while rewards level is 19.6%.Indeed, the recommendations have been suggested to Government, education managers, parents and further research in order to increase the students’ Performance. Recommendations for teachers and school managers Teachers should reward commonly the weak and shining students equally after the desirable behavior.Teachers should be informed that smiling students is needed and necessary after good behavior as a kind of motivation. Teachers should increase also the level of rewards as they increase the degree of punishment to contribute more on the level of Academic Performance. Recommendation for parents ,Follow up their female students in order to identify the cause of their low or high performance for remedying some problems they are meeting at school. Suggestions for further research, it is the task of the further research to find out other factors that affect Academic Performance in secondary schools of Rwanda.