ABSTRACT The purpose of the study to explore the role of education policy implementation and performance of schools in Bududa district, eastern Uganda. The study set to examine the role education policy on performance of schools in Bududa district Eastern Uganda. To examine the challenges faced in policy the educational policy implementation in the schools and finally to establish the strategies for improving the performance of schools through policy implementation. The study was conducted b...
ABSTRACT The study sought to determine the available Physics Laboratory Equipment for the teaching and learning of physics in senior secondary schools in Uganda as well as the extent of utilizing the available equipment. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of nine hundred students who were randomly chosen and fifty Physics teachers who were purposively selected from five senior secondary schools in Hoima. Three instruments were used for th...
ABSTRACT Exposure to domestic violence has significant negative repercussions for children's social, emotional, and academic functioning. In the past decade, mental health professionals have developed treatment programs and approaches aimed at mitigating these deleterious effects. Their efforts, however, are often hampered by difficulty identifying and gaining access to the target population because the occmTence of domestic violence remains a family secret in many households. Clinicians and...
ABSTRACT The study at finding the factors affecting performance in English at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education among learners with learning difficulties. The objectives of the study are to determine why learners perform poorly at KCPE. It also investigates the teaching and learning approaches used in teaching English in our schools and to involve stakeholders in provision of services and resources to improve the performance of learners. The research covered Kisanana Zone of Koibatek di...
ABSTRACT This research is about child labour and the academic performance of standard eight learners. It was guided by three objectives; to identify the relationship between child labour and academic performance of standard Eight learners, to identify the effects of child labour on the academic performance of learners, and to establish the strategies used to curb child labour and improve academic performance. Stratified sampling was used where 60 respondents were selected. Among the strategie...
ABSTRACT The study was about effects of neurological problems on academic performance of pupils in selected primary schools in Adjumani District. The study's target population was teachers in primary schools and the method of sampling that was used was equal size cluster random sampling method using all a list of all teacher in each selected primary s.chool. A sample of50 teachers was drawn and the response rate.was 80% for the whole study. The study revealed that the most neurological probl...
ABSTRACT The qualitative study investigated the causes of girl child dropout in Bubandi Primary School- Bundibugyo. The study was guided by the following objectives; to establish the institutional factors leading to school dropout, to find out if there are some cultural factors in society which cause girls to dropout of schools, to establish if the government policies have influenced girls to dropout of schools and to find out if family background has influenced girls to drop out of school. ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in selected Secondary schools in Kwapa sub-county to investigate teachers’ motivation and academic performance of students. The following objected were formulated to guide my study; To establish the types of motivation. To establish the types of motivation used in. To determine whether the methods of motivation used contribute to academic performance in the schools used in Kwapa sub-county. From the research study, it was evident that there existed a not...
ABSTRACT The research was aimed at investigating and elaborating Impact on free primary education on early childhood development centers in Waa- Ngo'mbeni zone in Kwale County (Kenya). The objectives of the study were; to find out impact on free primary education on early childhood development centers, to identify the impacts of free primary education on early childhood in W aa - Ngo'mbeni Zone, Kwale county in Kenya to determine whether free education influences education and illiteracy in ...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the effect of hearing impairments on the academic performance of the hearing impaired in regular schools in Kasarani division Nairobi. Most of these learners are ignored and exploited in the community, and face negative reactions from the surrounding community. Due to the slow pace of the government implementation of its policies, these learners with hearing impairments in Kasarani division, Ruaraka zone continue to be subjected to poor learn...
ABSTRACT Education is a fundamental human right, and a key input in production and development of an economy. This explains why countries worldwide plan for and increase budgetary allocations to fund various educational programmes each financial year. There is however concern on the quality of education offered and performance of students in national examinations. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of teaching and learning resources on students’ performance mathematics ...
Abstract This research was about the effect of the environment on the academic performance of pupils in selected primary schools in the Muhoroni Division in Nyando District. The researcher was concerned that the school environment through a number of factors such as sitting arrangement, congestion in classes, lack of textbooks, lack of teaching-learning materials, lack of teachers, incidences of lateness and absenteeism of teachers affected the performance of pupils in KCPE examinations. The...
ABSTRACT The study carried out an analysis and investigation on the attitude held by teachers towards the inclusion of the visually impaired learners into regular school programmes. The study took Kibwezi Division, located in Kibwezi District as a case study. Previous studies indicate that a number of factors ranging from the lack of leaming/teaching equipment, negative attitude of teachers towards the visually impaired learners are among the many forces behind their poor academic performanc...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter was mainly concerned with the background of the study, the statement of the problem, research questions, purpose and objectives of the study. The hypothesis, purpose and significance of the proposed study were looked at in this chapter. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The basic economic problem that all Government and households face currently is how best to allocate scarce resources competing ends. Resources consist of land, labor, capital and managemen...
ABSTRACT. The study was designed to establish the impact of teaching and learning resources in selected schools ofBusoiwe town council in Butalega district. The objectives ofthe study include: to assess the accessibility of teaching and learning resources, to explore types of teaching and learning resources being used and to exanhine the relationshi~., between Teaching and learning resources and student perjörmance. Simple random andpurposive sampling was used in collecting ofdata, the samp...