This study was intended to investigate the causes of poor perfonnance of pupils m Kiswahili within selected primary schools in Malindi district Kenya. All primary sources that is; the articles and all other important citation by other researchers were consulted which helped to give a clear picture of what the whole study was meant to entail. A descriptive design was adopted since much of what was to be presented was to be theoretical. Questionnaires and interview guides acted as the main...
The research is carried out on the causes of school drop out in Bugoye Sub County Kasese District. There has been a marked increase in the number of dropouts in Uganda and majorly in Bugoye Sub County. This has been associated with various factors as bad peer groups, mistreatment of children, economic factors and diseases. Various efforts have been made to address the issue of school dropout by young children. The district is composed of the thirteen secondary schools, among which the r...
Motivation represents the outcomes of several behavioral inputs such as attitude and learning, and it is an important concept receiving considerable attention from academics, researchers and practicing managers. This study was carried out to assess how motivated teachers were to impart effectively knowledge and skills to learners in Kampala district. The following objectives guided the study: to find out if the teachers were getting basic needs from schools where they taught; to find o...
The study entitled 'THEMATIC CURRICULUM AND TEACHER'S PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS' was carried out in Butiru sub county in Manafwa district. The specific objectives of the study were: • To find out whether prior training of teachers has an impact on the success or failure of thematic curriculum implementation in schools. • To find out whether the use of instructional materials affect the success or failure of thematic curriculum implementation. • To establish other factors dete...
Provision of special needs education is a great milestone in addressing the challenges found in learners with special needs. This research has been initiated to investigate how attitudes of regular primary school teachers have helped in inclusion of learners with hearing impairment in a regular primary school. The investigation was centered in finding out attitudes towards people with hearing impairment, Salamanca statement and framework for the action and intervention of the hearing impa...
Recent research statistics has shown that the free primary education introduced in the year 2003 had lead to a large influx of pupils into primary schools. Kenyans cannot afford to complacent about it, thus their arises an immediate need to conduct an investigation on the issue of academic performance on the influx of pupils. The study adopted a Descriptive research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the impact of free primary education on academic p...
The introduction of Free Primary Education (FPE) by the NARC government in 2003 heralded a new front in the national education system. Many children who had attained school going age who had been denied entry access to education due to poverty got a new window of hope whatever their age. Many thus took up the opportunity to attend school without necessary going through ECD centres. What mattered was whether one had attained the required age and not whether one had passed tests in the EC...
This research study was intended to analyze the impact of HIV/Aids on the education sector in Kenya . All relevant information related to this particular research was revisited andre used. The study used both qualitative and quantitative research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the implications of HIV/ AIDS on the education sector in Kenya. Questionnaires and interview guides were used in the collection of data. One of the main findings of this s...
This research study intended to establish the factors affecting the teaching of children with mental retardation in inclusive setting in Green Hills Academy Primary School in Gasabo District in Kigali city of Rwanda. It was to investigate and identify the possible barriers that affect the teaching of children with mental retardation in inclusive setting and to determine various strategies that could be used to overcome the factors hindering the teaching of children with mental retardatio...
The study on "Leadership Styles and Students' Unrest in Selected Schools in was canied out in Makindye Division, with specific aims of finding out the causes of students' unrest and its impact in order to address the problem. The study was comprehended through review ofliterature from previous scholars who added quality to the findings of this study. through an explorative research design administered on a sample of 70 respondents through an observation of qualitative and quantitative as...
For a number of years pnmary schools in Siongiroi zone have not been performing very well. The researcher wanted to investigate if school feeding programmes will improve pupil's academic performance. In the study, the researcher employed descriptive design. Therefore simple survey or poll for the purpose of describing attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of the study population were used. Questionnaires were used in the collection of data. The raw data was then analyzed, presented in perce...
The purpose of this study was to establish the problems of early childhood care and education in Namanga Primary School Kajiado Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate some factors responsible for poor early childhood care and education in Namanga Primary school. The methods used for data collection was questioners to the teachers in the school who were involved in the study. In Chapter four the findings were presented and interpreted in relation to the study objec...
The study dwelt into the effectiveness oflearning materials, on the academic performance of young learners in pre-school. The study aimed at examining the effect of introducing the learning material as opposed to cases where teachers go to class with their notes without physical examples. A test was used as a research instrument to measure the knowledge thus the study employed the experimental research design. The prepared test was used to determine whether there is a significant differe...
The HIV/AID is a pandemic as it affects people worldwide.The first recognized cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s. A number of gay men in New York and California suddenly began to develop rare opportunistic infections and cancers that seemed stubbornly resistant to any treatment. At this time, AIDS did not yet have a name, but it quickly became obvious that all the men were suffering from a common syndrome. Beith national and international travel undoubtedly had a major ...
The study focused on the class management and academic performance of intellectually challenged learners in likuyani south zone, lugari district, Kenya. This "'as undertaken by the researcher after discovering that their academic achievement is far much below average raising eye brows among parents, teachers and pupils. The researcher wanted to establish educational resources available, trained teachers in special needs education , attitude of teacher and teaching strategies used and kno...