Causes Of Poor Academic Performance Among Pupils Within Selected Primary Schools In Masinga Division, Yatta District, Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

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

AKNOWLEDGEMENT ····································································································· V

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

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................. ix

LIST OFFIGURES ............................................................................................................ x

ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... xi

CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................. I

1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... I

1.1 Background to the study ............................................................................................ I

1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... I

1.3 Scope of the study ..................................................................................................... 2

1.4 General objective ....................................................................................................... 2

1.4.1 Specific objectives .................................................................................................. 2

1.4 .2 Research questions ................................................................................................. 2

1.5 Significance of the study ........................................................................................... 3

_CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................. 4

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................ 4

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Teaching/ Learning resources ................................................................................... 4

2.2 Teaching relationships and academic performance ................................................... 6

2.3 Teacher-Pupil ratio .................................................................................................... 7

2.4 Choice of school attended ....................................................................................... I 0

CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................... 13

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 13

3. I Introduction ............................................................................................................. 13

3 .2 Research Design ...................................................................................................... 13

3 .3 The environment ...................................................................................................... 13

3.4 The subjects ............................................................................................................. 13

3.5 The research instruments ......................................................................................... 13

3.6 Data collection procedures ...................................................................................... 14

3. 7 Statistical treatment of data ..................................................................................... 14

3.8 Constraints and ethical considerations .................................................................... 15

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

DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRATATION .......................... 16

4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 16

4.2. Teachers bio-data ................................................................................................... I 7

4.2.1 Age of Respondents .............................................................................................. 17

4.2. 2 Respondents' work experience ....................................................................... 17

4.3. Pupils bio-data ........................................................................................................ 18

4.3 .1 Distribution by gender .......................................................................................... 18

4.3.2 Age of respondents ............................................................................................... 18

4.4 Teachers analysis ..................................................................................................... 19

Percentage % ................................................................................................................. 1 9

4.4.2 Summary of response on the factors that influence academic performance ........ 20

Respondents ................................................................................................................... 20

4.4.3 Summary measuring the effects of teacher- pupil ratio on academic performance

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Frequency ...................................................................................................................... 21

4.4.4 Factors influencing performance .......................................................................... 22

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................... 23

PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 23

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 23

5.1 Summary ................................................................................................................. 23

5.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 24

5.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 26

5.4 Areas of further research ......................................................................................... 26