The Nature of Schools and Learners Academic Performance in Selected Primary Schools of Maragua Division Murang'a South -Kenya.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .......................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ........................................................................................... iii

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... v

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

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................... ix

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... X

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

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

1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................ 1

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 ........................................................................ 4

1.6 Significance of the study ................................................................ 4

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................ 6

CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................. 25

METHODOLOGY ............................................................................... 25

3.0 Introduction ................................................................................ 25

3.1 Research design .......................................................................... 25

3.2 Research environment ................................................................. 25

3.3 Population and sample size .......................................................... 26

3.4 Research instruments .................................................................. 27

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3.5 Procedure of data collection ......................................................... 28

3.6 Procedure of data analysis ........................................................... 28

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................... 29

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ............ 29

4.0 Introduction ................................................................................ 29

4.1 Status of primary schools ............................................................. 29

4.1.1 General performance of public primary schools compared to private

ones ...................................................................................................... 30

4.2 Nature of school, level of motivation and learners' academic

performance .......................................................................................... 31

4.2.1 Nature of school, capacity building and pupils academic

performance .......................................................................................... 32

4.2.2 Professionalism of teachers ....................................................... 34

4.3 Nature of school, teaching practices, approaches and availability of

teaching learning resources and academic performance ............................ 35

4.3.1 The use of ASEI approach in both public and private primary

schools .................................................................................................. 36

4.3.2 Use of planning, doing, seeing and improvement in both public and

private primary schools ........................................................................... 37

4.3.3 Availability of teaching learning resources in both private and public

primary schools ...................................................................................... 37

4.4 Nature of schools and leadership and administration and academic

performance of pupils ............................................................................. 38

4.5 Socio-economic status of the community and academic

performance ........................................................................................... 39

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................. 40

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 40

5.0 Introduction ................................................................................ 40

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5.1 Summary of findings .................................................................... 40

5.2 Conclusion ................................................................................... 44

5.3 Recommendations of the study ..................................................... 45

REFERENCE ...................................................................................... 46

APPENDICES .................................................................................... 48

Appendix A: Questionnaire for teachers ................................................... 48