Universal Secondary Education And Girl Child Educational Attainments In Kasese District Western Uganda Acase Study Of Kitswamba Sub County

ABSTRACT

A descriptive and quantitative study was undertaken to investigate the

influence of universal secondary education on girl child education Kitswamba

Sub County in Kasese district. The following objectives have been formed to

guide the study to investigate the roof universal secondary education on girl

child education in regards to enrolment of students; to assess the impact of

universal secondary education on girl child education in regards to government

inspection; and to identify the policies that has been set to improve girl child

education in secondary schools. Stratified sampling technique was adopted to

obtain forty five (45) respondents for the study. They included teachers and

students. Both primary and secondary data were gathered. Findings reveled

that; The study revealed that universal secondary education has had an effect

on the enrollment of girl child education because parents are withdrawing their

children from private secondary schools that poor parents are choosing to

withdraw their children from ECO enters and / keep them at home until they

reach the age of secondary school entry . They refuse to pay the fees for ECD

on the grounds that ECD, like secondary education, should be free. The study

further revealed that government reduced on the number of visits to the

centers. Finally the study sought polices that would help on the impact of

universal secondary education on girl child education and the respondents

suggested that free education should extend to ECD. The study also found out

that government did not use the available policies.