Causes of Poor Academic Performance Among Students Within Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Gacharage Division, Kigumo District, Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

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

AKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv

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

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

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... ix

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

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1

1. 1 Background to the study ............................................................................................ 1

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

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

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

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

1. 4.2 Research questions ................................................................................................. 3

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

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................ 4

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

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

2.1 Teaching I Learning resources .................................................................................. .4

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

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

2. 4 Choice of school attended ........................................................................................ I 0

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

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ l3

3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 13

3 .I Research Design ...................................................................................................... 13

3.2 The environment. ..................................................................................................... 13

3.3 The subjects ............................................................................................................. l3

3.5 Data collection procedures ....................................................................................... l4

3. 6 Statistical treatment of data ...................................................................................... 14

3. 7 Constraints and ethical considerations ...................................................................... 14

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................... 15

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION .............................. 15

4 .I Introduction ............................................................................................................. 15

4.2. Teachers' bio-data .................................................................................................. 15

4.2.1 Age ofRespondents .............................................................................................. 16

4.2.2 Respondents' work experience .............................................................................. l6

4.3. Students' Bio-data .................................................................................................. 16

4.3.1 Distribution by gender .......................................................................................... 17

4.3 .2 Age of respondents ............................................................................................... 17

4.4 Teachers analysis ..................................................................................................... 18

4.4.2 Summary of response on the factors that influence academic performance of. ...... l9

1 earners .......................................................................................................................... 19

4.4.3 The effects of teacher- pupil ratio on academic performance ............................... 20

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Frequency ..................................................................................................................... 20

4. 4. 4 Factors influencing performance ........................................................................... 21

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................... 22

CONCLUSION AND RECOlvilvlENTIATIONS ............................................................ 22

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 22

5.1 Summary ................................................................................................................. 22

5.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 22

5.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 23

5.4 Areas of further research .......................................................................................... 24

REFERENCES ...................................................................................... 22

APPENDIX 1: ............................................................................................................... 27

QUESTIONNAIRE ....................................................................................................... 27

APPENDIX 2: PLAN FOR DATA PRESENTATION .................................................. 32