Social Economic Factors and Academic Performance of Form Four Students in St. Annes Kiboko Secondary School Makueni District Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ............................................................................. ii

APPROVAL. ................................................................................. iii

DEDICATION .............................................................................. iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................. vi

LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................... viii

LIST OF GRAPHS ........................................................................ viii

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

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................... 1

1.0 Introduction ........................................................................... 1

1.2 Background of the study .......................................................... 1

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................. 2

1.4 OBJECTIVES .......................................................................... 3

1.5. GENERAL .............................................................................. 3

1.6 SPECIFIC ............................................................................... 3

1.7 STATEMENT OF NULL HYPOTHESIS (Ho) .................................... 3

1.8 SIGNIFICANCE/ JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY ........................ .4

1.8.1. Students ............................................................................ 4

1.8.2.Parents ............................................................................... 4

1.8.3 Teachers ............................................................................. 4

1.8.4 Education Administrators ...................................................... 4

1.8.7 Society ............................................................................... 4

1.9. DEFINITION OF TERMS .......................................................... 5

1.8 SCOPE/ DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY ..................................... 6

CHAPTER TW0 ........................................................................... 7

2.0.REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE ..................................... 7

2.1 Introduction ..................................... : ..................................... 7

2.2 ECONOMIC STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFROMANCE ................... 7

2.3 FAMILY BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC PERFROMANCE ............... 8

2.4 FAMILY BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ............... 9

CHAPTER THREE ...................................................................... 14

3.0.RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................... 14

3.l.DESIGN ............................................................................... 14

3.2. ENVIRONMENT .................................................................... 14

3.3. RESPONDENTS .................................................................... 14

3.4. INSTRUMENTS .................................................................... 14

3.5. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE ............................................ 14

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

1.0. PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS ............................................... 16

CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................... IS

5.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 18

5.1 DISCUSSION ....................................................................... 18

5.2 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ................................................. 18

5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................ 19

5.3 CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................... 19

BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................... 20

CURRICULUM VITAE ................................................................... 21

INTRODUCTORY LETTER

QUESTIONNAIRES