AbstractThe study attempts to investigate and explain the poor performance of English Language. A case study of Adekokwok Sub-county, Lira District. The main objective of the research is to identify the factors affecting the performance of English language in primary schools.The study is to be conducted both quantitatively and qualitatively and it will involve headteachers, teachers and pupils. The quantitative techniques which involve use of semistructured questionnaires ...
ABSTRACT The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in which questionnaires, interview guides and focus group discussions were used to collect the data from the respondents The objective of the Study is to investigate the effects of teaching methods on academic performance in secondary schools of Kamnorok Zone Barwessa Division in Kenya The first objective of the study was to determine the relationship between visual aids and performance of secondary schoo...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that have contributed to student shrikes in public secondary schools in Bulago sub-county. The objectives of the study were to establish the causes of strike in secondary schools of Bulago sub-county Bulambuli District, to investigate the challenges facing the Performance of students in secondary schools of Bulago sub-county and to establish impact of strikes on the student’s Academic performance in secondary schools of ...
ABSTRACTThe new curriculum for teaching English was published 8 years ago. It aimed to improve the performance in English at KCSE and with that improvement generally raise the passes in the other subjects. Research has shown that this goal has not beenachieved as a result of the students not using the reading skills they have been taught.The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of effective reading on school performance. The study determined the nature of reading ...
ABSTRACT Though water gives a lot of benefits to the local communities as various activities done by man need water such as washing, cooking, drinking, cooling machines, irrigation transportation, bathing and others. But man through deforestation along water sources, caused a great scarcity of this water. This study was conducted in December 2008 to January 2009 in Arumeru district during the study one hundred and fifty respondents were interviewed from the area. The aim of the study was the ...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out under the title Family Roles and Academic Performance of Girls in Selected Secondary Schools in Bungoma District. It was set to establish the causes of dessimal performance of girls in secondary schools and find possible solutions to the problem. The study followed a descriptive research design where both qualitative and quantitative research design was adopted. The quantitative techniques were used in collecting and analysing data from teachers and students...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of learning materials on performance in schools. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; to determine different kinds of learning materials, to identify the effects of learning materials on performance and to assess the relationship between learning materials and performance in schools. The research consists of five chapters. Chapter one with introduction, chapter two consists of the related literature, chapter three consists of t...
ABSTRACT The research was concerned with administrative factors that affect the academic performance of students in government secondary school under cost -sharing system. Objectives of the study were ;one to establish administrative factors that affects students performance in school, to determine how teachers factors affects students academic performance and to identify possible measures for improving school administration in order to achieve excellence in academic performance. Using cross ...
ABSTRACT This investigation sought to determine the relationship between teaching methods that teachers employed in teaching English language and the academic performance of secondary schools students of Winam The researcher was prompted to carry out this study after an outcry that the integration approach in the teaching of English was not yielding optimal academic results, in the 8-4-4 system of education in Kenya. Thus an empirical examination of the effects of teaching methods and academi...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out with an aim of finding out the influence of mother tongue and performance of English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya. The study objectively sought; to find out how mother tongues influence on the students' performance in English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya, to identify reasons as to why different students with different mother tongues perform differently in English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya, to classify the different ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the causers ofpoverty and school drop out of students selected in schools in Naboa Sub-county, Budaka 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 Naboa Sub-county, Budaka District, Uganda. The methods used for data collection was interviews for the parents and questionnaires f...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the relationship between education and unemployment of local government workers in Arumeru district Tanzania. The research chose this particular topic because unemployment is one of the major challenges facing the present generation in Arumeru district, that need to be investigated so that we get solution to the problems caused by unemployment. The purpose of the research was to assess the relationship between education and unemployment of local government workers...
ABSTRACT This study is a description of a cross-sectional design aimed at determining the factors contributing to boys' poor performance in English language in Muchukwo sub-zone. The results of the study will be used as a green light to the learners and the teachers to assist them solve the problem of poor performance in their schools. The researcher came up with the decision of investigating the problem after analyzing the zonal results for the last three years, that is, since 2004. The rese...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of poor performance in Science in Central Division, Narok North District. The specific objectives of the study were to determine if discipline affects the Pupils' academic performance in Science in the selected schools of Central Division, to determine if teacher qualities affect the Pupils' academic performance in the selected schools of Central Division; and to determine if school facilities affect the Pupils' academic performan...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes and effect of poor academic performance in secondary schools in Kabartonjo Division, Baringo North District, Kenya The specific objectives of the study were to determine if discipline affects the students' academic performance, to determine if a teacher's quality affects the students' academic performance; and to determine if school facilities affect the students' academic performance in Secondary schools. The methods used for d...