CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This chapter provides the background and the setting required to put the research problem in proper context 1.1 Background of the study History In African traditional society sexual immorality was rare. This is because, one committing adultery, engaging in nay kind of immorality was heavily punished Traditionally, the Bakiga and the Banyarwanda a lady playing sex and becoming pregnant before marriage was taken to the forest to be eaten by wild animals and storing...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in the Masinga division in the Yatta district with an intention to determine and identify the outstanding challenges of Universal Primary Education in Kenya while reflecting some selected government-aided primary schools in the Masinga division, Yatta district as an illustrative example. On this note, all other authors' works similar to this particular study were revisited and this formed the basis of the researcher's review of related literature. A descri...
ABSTRACT This research addresser the extent to which punishment has been used in instilling discipline among students in Nyarukoma Secondary School in Kyenjoj District, the attitude of the students towards punishment and the consequences of punislunent on the behavior of secondary school students. Research question one deals with the extent to which punishment has been used. Research questions two focuses on the attitude of the students towards punislunent and it was found out that to a grea...
ABSTRACT This study was carded out in Rubaga division of Kampala city with an intention to determine and identify the outstanding challenges of Universal Primary Education in Uganda, while reflecting some selected government aided primary schools in Rubaga dMsion as an Illustrative example. On this note, all other authors’ works similar to this particular study were revisited and this formed the basis of the researcher’s review of related literature. A descriptive survey design was emplo...
ABSTRACT The study was to investigate into the factors influencing girl child drop out in primary school in Banda Sub-county, Namayingo district. The objectives of the study were: To establish the causes of girl child drop out, to examine the problems facing girl children and to identify solution to girl child drop out in schools. The target population in this study were;- the headteacher, parents, local council and girl children in upper primary as well as some girl child children who dropp...
ABSTRACT The study conducted in the Makindye Division in the areas of Munyono, Bunga, Kansanga, Kabalagala and Namuwongo aimed at establishing the relationship between Infrastructure development and economic growth by first establishing the level of infrastructure development, level of growth and the effects on the growth as the study objectives. The problem was low levels of economic growth in the Makindye Division due to poor infrastructure in the area. The objectives of the study were: to...
ABSTRACT Teacher motivation has become an important issue given their responsibility to impart knowledge and skills to learners. Consequently, this report is a study carried out in Entebbe municipality, in Wakiso district which aimed at studying the relationship between teacher motivation and academic performance of pupils in Universal Primary Education (UPE) Schools. Teacher motivation has been seen to be at its lowest in Entebbe municipality, this stemming from a number of variables rangin...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of poverty and school dropout of students selected in schools in Busia Municipality Busia District, Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the cause of school dropout, to find out the impact of poverty on school dropout, and establish solutions to the school dropout problem in Busia Municipality Busia District, Uganda. The methods used for data collection were interviews for the parents and questionnaires...
ABSTRACT After realizing that truancy was very common the researcher made an effort to undertake a study on how truancy affected the academic performance of the learners. The researcher also wanted to identify other effects, causes underlying the behavior, and above all the intervention measures to be taken to curb truancy. To achieve the above objective, the researcher prepared his data collection tools in form of questionnaires and circulated them to his respondents. The data collected was...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the hindrances to access to HIV/AIDS services among adolescents in Kampala District. The study had four objectives, which included; i) identifying the profile of respondents in terms of gender, age, and class ii) examining the level of hindrances of HIV services among teenagers living with HIV/AIDS; iii) examining the level of access of HIV/AIDS services among teenagers living with HIV and iv) to determine the relationship between hindrances a...
ABSTRACT This study mv estimated the attitudes of regular learners towards integration of the hearing impaired learners in regular schools in Starehe Division, Nairobi. The study wa~ based on the three schools in Starehe Division that have units for deaf children. The subjects )f the study were all learners from class five to class eight in the three schools named / Racecourse, Juja Road, and Pangani Primary schools. These three schools represented the twenty-five schools in Starehe Division...
ABSTRACT Addressing the psycho-social support service which is being provided at Ntinda child's development center. Psychosocial problems facing orphans have been a particular concern of many counties in Africa. The study examined the psycho-social support services in the promotion and protection of the right to help orphans in the national child's development center Kampala district in Uganda. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were used to gather information to tr...
ABSTRACT This study of the impacts of free primary education on early childhood development has five chapters. The study is to analyze how the introduction of free primary education has affected early childhood development in schools or in their education, psychologically, socially, emotionally, and physically. Chapter one gives the background of the study. When free primary education was introduced what lead to its introduction and the effects that have been realized since its introduction...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to find out whether Contract a Ward affects service performance in the Public sector of Uganda. The study was carried out in KCCA which lies in the Central region of Uganda. While collecting my data, I used questionnaire and interview guides as the methods of collecting data. A total of 40 respondents was involved and the data was collected from both males and females. According to my research, the study of the findings revealed ~that Contract award affects...
ABSTRACT The rationale of the research is to focus on the attitudes of teachers integrating intellectually handicapped children with the non-handicapped in their classes. The purpose of the study is to investigate the attitudes of teachers towards teaching learners who are mentally retarded, The study will pave the way to other future researchers and act as a reference to other integration studies elsewhere. The author hopes that her recommendations will send more light to the educational po...