ABSTRACT The present study was carried out in Manafwa district of Uganda to identify the dominant personality traits of the primary school teachers in Manafwa District, Uganda; to examine the level of job commitment of primary school teachers in Manafwa District, Uganda; and to find out the relationship between primary school teachers‘ dominant personality traits and their job commitment in Manafwa District, Uganda. The study took a cross-sectional survey design using quantitative and quali...
ABSTRACT As a vital component for students, teachers, parents and other stakeholders, this study investigates the relationship between psychosocial factors (psf) and students’ discipline in Secondary Schools, Yumbe district, Uganda. The study was targeted to find relationship between self-esteem, motivation, peer influence together with school environment and students’ discipline in secondary schools. Unrealized self-esteem, lack of motivation, negative peer influence and unfriendly schoo...
ABSTRACT The title of the study was Educational resources and students’ performance in Religious studies in Kampala International University. It was guided by these four objectives: (i)to determine the profile of the respondents in respect to age, gender, and nationality ii) Determine the level of Academic Resources iii)determine the level of students’ performance, iv) the relationship between Lhe extent of Academic resources and level of students’ performance~ The study used co relatio...
ABSTRACT This is a report on tile study of~‘the Impact of large enrolment on regular pupil assessment under thematic curriculum in primary schools of Masindi district”. This study was carried out in two Counties of Masindi District, i.e. Buruli and Counties. Two Sub Counties from each County were selected, i.e. Karujubu and Miirya in Buruli; and Kigumba and Kiryandongo in Kibanda. Five schools with the highest enrolment from each ofthe four Sub Counties were selected for this study. The s...
ABSTRACT The work embodied in this thesis was carried out in Tana River District, Kenya with objectives to determine teachers’ perception on ~ieterminants of girls’ access to primary education in selected schools, and such include the profile of respondents and the difference in teachers’ perceptions in respect to gender, qualification, experience and age, and the level of teachers’ perceptions in terms of socio economic, cultural and school based factors. A review of related literatu...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the ~Effect of Training Cost, Skill Development and Administrative Support in ICT Adoption in Institutions of Higher Learning in Meru County Kenya”. A cross sectional survey design was employed and in order to empirically investigate the extent to which affects influence ICT adoption, a self administered questionnaire was administered to a sample of 60 lecturers and 1 73 students. Interviews were also carried out with 20 administrators from the four institut...
Abstract Thc purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between head teachers’ leadership styles and job satisfaction of teachers in government secondary schools in Masaka District. The study was guided by three objectives i.e. to establish the relationship between head teachers’ democratic leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers; to establish the relationship between head teachers’ autocratic leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers; and finally between h...
ABSTRACT The study, educational resources and inclusion of learners with hearing impairment in East Karachuonyo Division, Homabay County was carried out to find out the level o educational resources in the inclusive schools in East Karachuonyo division in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to determine the profile of respondents, to determine the level of educational resources, to determine the level of inclusion and to determine whether there is significant relationship between educatio...
ABSTRACT This study set out to establish the relationship between family size and parental education factors on students’ academic performance in selected public day schools in Mombasa District. The study tested two research hypotheses that; i) family size and ii) parental education factors significantly influence students’ performance in Mombasa district. The study employed both cross sectional and correlational survey designs, with a sample of 72 students selected following Mugenda & Mu...
ABSTRACT This study was cjesigned to correlate school factors and academic performance of students with these aspects sought for in the specific objectives: ( 1) socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents in terms of gender, age, and ievel of education; (2) level of school factors; (3) level of academic performance of students; ( 4) significant differences in level of academic performance between male and female students in secondary schools; (5) relationship between levei of school...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the relationship between psychosocial factors and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Nyamaiya Zone, Nyamira district. It was motivated by the fact that the academic achievement of most students was low so it was not clear whether psychological factors were responsible or not. Three specific objectives guided the study; to determine the relationship between motivation, social control and self regulation of students and their academic...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at finding out the relationship between leadership styles of headteachers and work efficiency. It further investigated the preferred leadership style used by headteachers in their institutions and the reasons behind their choice. The study mainly focused on three leadership styles; democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style. The study was based on contingency theory of leadership styles. In the study seventeen schools ...
Background of the Study Before 1990 very few educational systems in Sub-Saharan Africa targeted education for all or had the financial resources to do so. Instead, they provided services targeted mostly toward urban middle-class pupils. Educational systems were bureaucratic, curricula were oriented toward the urban middle class, teacher training programs were long, support and professional development was limited, development and provision of textbooks was slow, and gender, regional, and soci...
ABSTRACT This study set out to establish whether there is a strong correlation between educational resources and pupils’ academic performance in Chania zone Gatundu district Kenya. It was guided by three specific objectives and tested three hypotheses, that included establishing whether there is a strong correlation between; I) physical; ii) human; and iii) material resources and pupils’ academic performance. Using a descriptive correlational survey design, the researcher administered a q...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the relationship between psychosocial factors and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Nyamaiya Zone, Nyamira district. It was motivated by the fact that the academic achievement of most students was low so it was not clear whether psychological factors were responsible or not. Three specific objectives guided the study; to determine the relationship between motivation, social control and self regulation of students and their academic...