ABSTRACT This research study was on "Factors Affecting Integration of Learners with intellectual challenges in Primary schools; A case ofThegenge zone Nyeri South District". The objectives were: To find out if teachers in Thegenge Zone were aware of forms of integration for learners with intellectual challenges; To identify the major factors that hinder effective integration of learners with intellectual challenges in Thegenge Zone; To examine the teachers attitude towards the education of ch...
ABSTRACT Learners with specific learning difficulties do not benefit much from regular learning setting due to their varied learning characteristics. This study critically focused on teacher's challenges and academic performance of learners with specific learning difficulties in regular primary schools. The study was based on the theory of Piaget of cognitive development. The researcher adopted quantitative approach of data collection from the target population. Teachers from public Primary ...
ABSTRACT The language barrier could account for the difficulty that learners and teachers find within science education leading to low performance in the science subjects at the secondary school level. The language used by chemistry teachers when presenting science concepts, principles and skills during the process of instruction may attract students to the study of chemistry ( swing towards chemistry) or may discourage them (cause a swing away from chemistry). Thus, the use of language of i...
ABSTRACT This study was intended research was to analyze the impact of HIV i Aids on the education sector in Kenya. All the respondents. In review of related information, all secondary sources were revisited as this could give a clear picture of what the whole study was be handled. The study employed a qualitative approach or method which allowed a collection of comprehensive intensive data and provided an in-depth study on why strategies and measures in place had not produced the desired re...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of parenting styles on socialization of children in early childhood education in Rubaga division, Kampala district. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; to identify the parenting styles, to establish the theories and types of socialization and to establish the effects of parenting styles on socialization. The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where stratified sampling was used to select population. It employed 60 r...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the attitudes of pupils towards mathematics in Nansana town council primary schools in Wakiso District. The study was to find the teachers use of appropriate methods of teaching mathematics, attitudes of pupils and teachers towards mathematics and the relationship between pupil's attitudes towards mathematics and their performance in mathematics. Approximately 50 pupils from five different sampled selected primary schools were selected for the study. In a...
ABSTRACT The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods of data
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the academic performance of disabled children in an inclusive setting in the selected primary schools of Kaptagat Division, Eldoret East District Kenya The specific objectives of the study were to examine the effects of inclusive education towards the academic performance of pupils in Kaptagat Division and to assess the challenges faced by inclusive learning in Kaptagat Division The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the t...
ABSTRACT Mathematics is one of the major subjects especially when it comes to career choice, most of the careers in our economy demands that one joining them must not only have basic knowledge in mathematics but also have better knowledge in this important subject. It has been noted with great concern that there is general poor performance in this subject to both boy child and girl child in all levels of education. Researcher has tried to carry out studies aimed at redirecting their scenario....
ABSTRACT This study concerns the problem facing free primary education such as inadequate teaching personnel, teacher distribution, gender disparities, poverty, political interference, immorality, bad peer groups, drug abuse among others. It is also an investigation of how effective this problem can be solved . The researcher gives various methods in collecting data including questionnaire, interview, and observation ,he particularly commonly used a questionnaire because it is more advantageo...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the effect of drug abuse on academic performance of pupils in selected primary schools of Ade- Masajida zone, Ade- Masajida Division, Wajir West District - Kenya. Most teachers in primary schools have been using drugs to "enhance" pupils' academic performance. Random sampling techniques were used to select 72 pupils from public schools and 24 pupils from private schools making a total sample size of 96 pupils. The same technique was used to sele...
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Declaration ............................................................................................................................. i Approval ................................................................................................................................ ii Dedication .............................................................................................................................. iii Acknowledgement ...............................
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 performa...
ABSTRACT Although the government has attached so much importance to education through finance and policies, there is still poor performance, low participation, high levels of wastage and poor transition from primary to secondary school in Igembe North district. The purpose of this study is to establish the extent to which cultural and socio-economic factors affect participation and access of students in secondary education in Igembe North district, Meru County. The main objectives of this stu...
ABSTRACT Studies in the business field indicate a positive relationship between emotional intelligence of heads of institutions and performance of such institutions. Few studies though, have been conducted to examine the role of emotional intelligence in the field of education The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between the principals‟ emotional intelligence and students‟ learning achievements in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, where learning ach...