ABSTRACT Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Education is a matter of concern for developed and developing countries due to the fact that most of adolescents suffered from Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) complications and problems including; teenage pregnancies, Sexual Transmitted Infection (STI‟s) including HIV/AIDS, early marriages and unsafe abortion, immoral sex including; homosexuality, sexual violence and unsafe sex are common practices among Zanzibar students. Accordingly, the o...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the factors that contribute to dropout problem of pupils in primary schools in Kyabigambire sub-county, Hoima district. The study was guided by the following objectives, to investigate the economic factors that contribute to pupils’ dropout in primary schools in Kyabigambire sub-county, Hoima district, to examine the social factors that contribute to pupils’ dropout in primary schools in Kyabigambire sub-county, Hoima district and to establish the environmen...
ABSTRACT The study‘s main aim is to demonstrate how the Varemba people preserved their cultural activities and to unpack the reasons behind the survival of the Varemba cultural practices in Zvishavane district. The Varemba ethnic group is a distinct group in Zvishavane, this is due to their unique way of life, their cultural practices includes Komba initiation rite, Murundu, virginity testing, testing for fertility, Female genital Mutilation (FGM), Child marriages, and inheritance. Komba is...
ABSTRACT Single parent households are caused by factors such as divorce, separation, death of spouse, single parent by choice and due to rapid breakdown of traditional structures in the face of globalization, modernization, migration and urbanization. Presently, single parenting has found little, if any, acceptance in most communities in Kenya, which may adversely affect self esteem, discipline and interpersonal relationships of children in the households. However, many communities still reg...
ABSTRACT The Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by Hepatitis B virus (HBV) which is a double stranded DNA virus, a member of the Hepadnavidae family of viruses. World Health Organization estimates that about 257 million people are living with Hepatitis B virus infection. Namibia has a high prevalence of Hepatitis B infection (9%) among pregnant women and Kunene region prevalence of 8%. The researcher conducted an un-matched 2:1 case-control study to determine the associated risk factors...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the challenges faced by families headed by children in rural areas: a case study of Bude Sub County in Mpigi district. Specific objectives of the study were to: examine the challenges faced by families headed by children in rural areas; assess the possible solutions to the problems faced by families headed by children in rural areas; establish the social challenges families headed by children in rural areas face and make recommendations ...
ABSTRACT Today’s families experience problems like unfaithfulness, violence, child molestation, divorce and separation. These problems experienced in families affect the children in those families. The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of family conflicts on the academic performance and interpersonal relationships of pupils in public primary schools in Nakuru Municipality. This study employed the descriptive survey research design to determine influence of family conflicts in...
ABSTRACT. The study recounted the academic performance of orphaned children affected by Human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV I AIDS) in regular primary schools in Isiolo District- Central division. The writer used quantitative approach, design used was case study. The population was all schools in Isiolo District Central Division. The sampled schools are 5 primary schools and convenient sampling was used to pick the schools, systematic sampling was used to get...
ABSTRACT The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations indicated consistent poor results between the years 2007-2012 in Loiyangalani district of Marsabit County, Kenya. To reverse this trend effective measures must be designed and implemented at all levels of curriculum management. This calls on all stakeholders in the educational sector and especially the curriculum managers in the area to step up efforts to achieve this. The main purpose of this study was to investigate th...
ABSTRACT Female initiation involving genital mutilation has been used in many parts of the world as a rite of passage ritual for many years down the history of mankind. Apparently music is one of the prominent features of this rite in almost all the cultures in which it is practised. However, most countries have abandoned these cultural practices due to formal education, Christianity and other modern socio-economic changes. These changes have contributed greatly to changes in behavior and at...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the causes of increased poverty levels in Kajiado district in Kenya. The study was carried out upon the background that about 60% of the households of Kajiado district are living below the poverty line and this was according to the analysis of the NGOs operating in Kajiado district. The findings of the study revealed that; the households of Kajiado district are in poverty because they are ignorant of change due to their cultural rigidity, unfa...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the causes of girl child dropout in secondar) schools and achieved this by using specific objectives of: To investigate the psycho-social causes or school dropout among girl students: To investigate the leading causes or school dropout among girl children: To investigate the possible solutions lo school drop nut among girl students and employed a case stud) or Madera District. A survey design was employed in the study. The researcher adopted the ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATIION ii APPROVAL iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii PREFACE viii LISTOFCASES ix LTHE GENERAL ~NTRODUCT~ON 1 BACKGROUND 2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 9 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 9 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 10 HYPOTHESIS 10 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 10 METHODOLOGY 10 LITERATURE REVIEW 10 CHAPTERIZATION 13 ILCHAPTER ONE 1.0 WOMEN’S RIGHTS AGAINST VIOLENCE 14 1.1 DEFINITION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 15 1.2 AREAS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 15 1.3 WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS.....
Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) are temporal probabilistic models for reasoning over time. They often formulate the core reasoning component of intelligent systems in the field of machine learning. Recent studies have focused on the development of some DBNs such as Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and their variants, which are explicitly represented by highly skilled users and have gained popularity in speech recognition. These varieties of HMMs represented as DBNs have contributed to the baselin...
ABSTRACT The study was about the effect of land conflict on women's social-economic wellbeing in Tororo. the study objectives were: to examine the causes of land conflicts in Tororo, to establish the [effects of land conflicts on the income levels of women in Tororo District, to analyze the social effects of land conflicts on women in Tororo District. The researcher used an analytical design; it will analyze the elements of the data that was collected in relation to gender perspective to 'Om...