Social-Economic Status and Learners Academic Performance; Case Study of Toror Primary School Trans Nzoia West District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENT

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................. i

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

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................. vi

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

I: 1 Introduction to the study ........................................................................................... I

1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... 2

1.3 purpose of the study .................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Objectives of the study .............................................................................................. 3

1.5 Research questions .................................................................................................... 3

1.6 Significance of the Study .......................................................................................... 3

1.7 Scope of the Study ..................................................................................................... 4

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

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...................................................................... 5

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

2.2 Social Economic-Status and Learners' Performance ................................................ 5

2.3 Parents level of education and Learners' performance ............................................. 6

2.4 School environment and students performance ......................................................... 6

CHAPTER THREE ......................................................................................................... 9

METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 9

3 .0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 9

3 .1 Research design ......................................................................................................... 9

3.2 Population of Study ................................................................................................... 9

3.3 Population of Sampling ............................................................................................. 9

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3.4 Research Instrument ................................................................................................ 10

3.5 Research procedures ................................................................................................ 10

3.6 Sources of data ........................................................................................................ 11

3.7 Data analysis ............................................................................................................ 11

3.7.1 Editing .................................................................................................................. 11

3.8.2 Coding .................................................................................................................. 11

3.7.3 Tabulation ............................................................................................................. 12

3.8 Validity and reliability of the instruments ............................................................... 12

3.9 Limitation of the research ........................................................................................ 12

3.10 Data quality control ............................................................................................... 13

CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................... 14

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCU ................................................. 14

SSION ........................................................................................................................... 14

4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 14

4.1 Personal data ............................................................................................................ 14

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................... 17

SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND

AREAS OF FUTURE RESEARCH ............................................................................. 17

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 17

5 .1 Summary of the findings ......................................................................................... 1 7

5.1. school environment and pupil's performance ....................................................... 17

5.1.2 Family social-economic background and pupils' performance ............................ 17

5.2 Recommendations: .................................................................................................. 18

5.3 Suggestions for further research .............................................................................. 18