ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of free primary education on the academic pe1formance of pupils in Makuyu division, Marang'a south district of Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to determine if poor physical facilities affects the implementation of free primary education; detennine if lack of enough trained teachers affects the implementation of free primary education; determine if high teacher- pupil ratio affects the implementation of fr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of orphanhood on students' academic performance. The objectives of the study were to examine the challenges faced by orphans; find out strategies that would help orphans in schools, and to examine the effect of orphanhood on the academic performance of learners. The tesearcher used a case study design. A representative sample was made from the target population though simple random sampling method. A representative sample of 30% was ...
ABSTRACT Any society will have attained a condition of equal opportunity of the range of the distribution Of benefits and their distributions within the range is approximately the same for each relevant social group within the student's population. On the s111face it seems that denial of education a majority of people or its limitation beyond the elementary level has usually been justified in terms of their parent's inability to benefit from more education. Nevertheless, this research r...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate the effect of family poverty on pupil’s performance in primary schools in Thika district with Kamwangi division as a case study. The purpose of the study was to assess the level of family poverty and its relationship with academic performance of primary school pupils. The specific objectives therefore ranged from assessing the level of family poverty among different households in Kamwangi division Thika District Kenya to examining the level of ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS viii CHAPTER ONE 1 1.0. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. BACKGROUNDTOTHESTUDY 1 1.2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 2 1.3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2 Main objectives 2 1.4. Specific objectives 2 1.5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3 1.6. CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK 3 figi: Conceptual framework of the project 3 1.7. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 3 CHAPTER TWO 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.0. INTRODUCTION 4 2.1. SCOPE OF LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.2. INFORMATION SYSTEM 4 2.3.1. Roles of...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the gender disparities in academic performance of pupils in sample selected schools in Bunyala division. Using the information obtained from the field study of sample selected schools from division, the study tries to uncover the reasons as to why the performance of girls in primary schools is generally poor. The study unveils that though there have been plans by the Kenyan government to ensure that he performance of the girl child has improved much still has to...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Central division, Garissa district Kenya 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 Central division. On this note, all other authors' works similar to this paiiicular study were revisited ai1d this formed the basis of the researcher's review of related literature. A descriptive survey design was employed since the...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in five selected primary schools which include; Seiyot primary, Cheramei, Chebarus, Sokyot and Leseru primary schools. The research looked at the effects of free primary education on the academic performance of pupils in Turbo Division, Uasin- Gishu West District Kenya. In an attempt to achieve the above, three objectives were developed. The objectives were; determining the level of free primary education, effects of free primary education on performan...
ABSTRACT The study topic was "Causes of school dropouts in lower primary classes in Petete Sub county, Bu:tebo District." The case study was Kabuyayi Sibanyi and Petete Primary School in Pe- .,, lde Sub county, Butebo District. This topic was selected because of the large numbers of school dropouts in the area which therefore increases on the level of crime rates. It was against this background that the researcher attempted to; find out the Causes of school dropouts in lower primary classes ...
ABSTRACT Participation involves working with a partner or in a small group and brainstorming in order to create a stimulating learning environment. The role of instructional materials is to glue information into learners mind as what is seen is understood more than what is heard. During the formative years, learners add increasing qualities of knowledge to what is already learnt through explorations as they grow and expand horizon on the quality of content mastered. To widen mastery of conce...
ABSTRACT This study illustrates the impact of teachers' attitudes on learners with learning disabilities. As a result of this deficiency, learners with iearnmg disabilities have gone through unfriendly experiences that have affected their academic performance. In Kanjuu primary school, Ngariama zone Kirinyaga district. The study has therefore investigated some of the factors that lead to this negative attitude and how it can be changed in order to maintain the victims in the learning institu...
ABSTRACT The study explained adolescents’ sexual behaviour and their effects on their reproductive health. The study was carried out in Rubaga Division, Kampala District. A quantitative survey design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised of 68 respondents from two secondary schools in Rubaga Division all students in Senior III and IV. The number of male respondents were 34 students randomly selected from Old Kampala Mixed S.S.S and 34 female respondents, being student...
TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................................... iii DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....
ABSTRACT The study aimed at establishing the effect of teaching and learning materials on pupils' performance in primary schools in English language. It involved reviewing of related Literature so as to form basis for conclusions, contracts, recommendations and similarities between the various schools, with the data obtained from the field. This involved secondary source document appraisal by reading and noting crucial points. It was accomplished by various visits to public Libraries, readin...