ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Students in Secondary Schools in Ruhaama Sub County Ntungamo-Uganda with specific objectives which include; to identify the extent to which psychosocial problems affect the level of academic performance, to identify the effect of Peer Pressure on the behavior of secondary school students, to identify the roles of school authorities in helping the students to cope with adolescence and to identify the variation ...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the impact of the High Teacher Turnover Rate on Academic Performance in a Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in the Iganga District. The study was aimed at identifying the challenges students face due to their time of study while residing on the schools’ premises, and how these challenges affect their academic performance in class and outside class. The study further suggested amicable solutions for the challenges found during the field study. To achieve ...
ABSTRACT This study examined risky behaviour adopted by the young people in selected primary schools, and how this has affected their academic progress in the Makindye east division of Kampala District. The researcher adopted the following objectives for the study; to investigate the common types of risky behaviour adopted by youth, to find out why the youth have adopted such risky behaviour and to assess the negative outcomes of the youth's risky behaviour. Using a convenient sampling techn...
ABSTRACT The research study was carried out in Kiseka sub-county Lwengo district. The research was basically based on a topic: “Learning resources and academic performance of learners in selected secondary schools in Kiseka sub-county Lwengo District. The research was guided by a number of objectives which included the following; - to find out effective ways of improving students’ ability, to establish the impact of learning resources on students’ performance in Kiseka sub-county Lweng...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of gender and academic performance of mathematics in selected secondary schools of the Moyale District. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate some factors responsible for the negative attitudes toward the studying mathematics by female students. The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to gather information on the attitudes of female students. The findings revealed that the attitudes of girls t...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the socio-economic factors in teaching and learning achievements in secondary schools in Uganda focusing on senior two students. The objectives of the study were; to find out how students ‘home and family background determine their learning achievements, to investigate the effect of students ‘ characteristics on learning and to examine the effect of school characteristics on students’ learning achievements. Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Edu...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to assess the relevance of inclusive primary education to the needs of learners with mental retardation in selected primary schools of the Eldoret West district of Kenya. The following objectives guided the study; to find out {f the teachers in inclusive primary schools have followed the appropriate procedure to assess the learning disabilities of pupils with mental retardation, to establish if the teachers have adapted their teaching approaches, strategies an...
ABSTRACT This study was set forward to determine the attitude of teachers towards learners with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting within Dede zone in Rongo district being an illustrative example. The general objective or purpose of the study was to investigate regular teacher's perception towards learners with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting. While reviewing related information to the topic of study, the researcher sought for ideas of prior scholars whose suppositions and...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the factors that have hindered the growth and development of small scale enterprises in Buwama Sub County, to identify the limiting factors for the growth and development of small scale enterprises and to examine possible solutions to the slow growth and development of small scale enterprise of Buwama Sub County in Mpigi district. The study took a cross-sectional design where both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in the facts that provides wide r...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research study was to establish the factors affecting the learning of English language by learners with specific leaning difficulties (SLD) in the three selected schools. There were about nine classes which were involved to represent the fifteen classes in the schools representing regular schools in the division. The researcher targeted two learners from each class. Fortunately all of them and returned the questionnaire since the researcher was in that school and...
ABSTRACT This research report was set out to investigate the impact private investment on economic growth (measured by GDP) in Burundi (2000-2015), the study employed time series survey data. its objectives were to; Examine the trend of private investments in Burundi, Establish the trend of economic growth of Burundi through its GDP and Assess the impact of private investments on economic growth of Burundi. The hypothesis of the study was there is no significant relationship bet~’een priva...
ABSTRACT This research was based on the Teacher-pupil relationship and academic performance of students in [oytown Primary school for the physically handicapped. Thika District. Kenya. Its objectives were o (i) Identify practices teachers engaged in which would have a positive or negative influence on the earning process (ii) Identify the efforts that are put in place to enhance learners' self-worth and dignity. (iii) Examine the degree of motivation among the learners. It is firmly grounded...
ABSTRACT This research is about the effect of absenteeism on academic performance. It was guided by three objectives; To find the attitudes towards Budondo Sub-county schools in Jinja Uganda. To find out the methods used for the retention of Secondary school’s learners. To identify the role of teachers in children’s performance in Bundondo Schools. Purposive and stratified sampling was used to select a population of 40 respondents to represent a population of Matende primary school.
ABSTRACT The study focused on the impact of poverty on parents' participation in early childhood programmes m Gatanga division of Thika district. It was a cross sectional survey which involved pre-school teachers and pre-school parents and guardians as respondents. The findings revealed that parent's poverty will adversely affect their participation to early childhood programmes in Gatanga division. There is need for parents to actively support the ECO programmes for survival and continuity....
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of low payment on student’s academic performance in English subjects in secondary schools in Sacho district, Baringo County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to identify and analyze the effects of low payment of teacher’s influence on academic performance, It also aimed at suggesting measures to remedy the situations. Qualitative and Quantitative Designs were employed where convenient sampling was used to select the students in the school us...