The study on the investigation of the causes of pupils’ indiscipline was carried out in thu rout uIii inc primary schools in Kängai sub—county, Dolcolo District. Ike respondents purposively chosen in the study were from four schools. These consisted of ciaht parents, twenty teachers and fourty pupils to make a total of sixty eight respondents. In the process oF collecting data, the researcher used designed questionnaire for teachers and interview guide lhr both pupils and parents. Th...
The study investigated the impact of environment on performance of schools in Igembe Central division of Igembe South district. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; Determining ways in which environment can be improved to be in line with school performance, Effect of environment on school performance and Roles of the school in our daily environment. The research consists of five chapters. Chapter one with introduction, chapter two consists of the related literature,...
There has been a deteriorating academic performance in Mathematics in the region. When children join class one from pre-school they usually have some basics about numbers. It is from this stage where teachers in Secondary one start introducing new concepts to the learners as well as introducing new symbols used in mathematics at that level. Children in lower Secondary are in concrete operational stage, where child canreason logically about concrete events and classify objects into differe...
Since 1940s when the main course of education was started in Kenya with the rehabilitation of victims of the Second World War, there have been a lot of changes in education policies. The initial concern was to provide health and social rehabilitation for those with physical disabilities. These facilities later changed their concern and became custodial care centers following models seen in Europe at that time. Programmes were also started for those with sensory and intellectual challeng...
The study of this report is about the socio-economic and school drop out in Mukothima zone Tharaka district. It is directed by three objectives and these include: To assess the causes of school drop out in mukothima, to find out how socio-economic factors have affected child's academic performance and to assess the effects of school drop outs among the children in Mukothima The study was descriptive where stratified sampling was used to select population. It employed a total sample of 50...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the academic performance of the English language in the selected schools of Kikuyu Division Kiambu District. The specific objectives of the study were to determine if discipline affects the students' academic performance of the English language in the selected schools of Kikuyu Division, to determine if teacher qualities affect the students' academic performance of the English language in the selected schools of Kikuyu Div...
This study on the "Causes and Effects of Children Rights Violation' was carried out in Yatta district to; determine the causes of children's rights violation, and their effects, find out the roles played by NGOs and the need for government intervention in respect to child rights in Masinga zone. To comprehend the problem of the study, literature on specific objectives was reviewed. A descriptive exploratory design in which both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to solicit da...
The findings of the study will be of great importance to parents, government and education planners in the following ways; Creating awareness among the parents on the importance of their participation in the management of ECDE programmes and proper management of the pre-schools. Creating awareness to the government on the importance of funding more than the current 0.7% towards ECDE programmes. Enlighten the community on the engaging in more generating projects rather than subsistence a...
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 arise 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 per...
Huruma is a residential estate located in the northeastern of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. To get to Huruma from Nairobi you pass through Kariobangi and Dandora to the East, Moi Airbase and to the south, Mathare to the North and East Leigh to the West. Huruma has a population of 6,569 people who have an average household monthly income of Kshs 5,000 (US $ 62) (Weru, 2004). A study conducted by Pamoja in 2001 showed that though an upgrading of the housing, sanitation and health fac...
Having the study on teachers attitude towards learners with mental retardation be included in regular classrooms. I found that many had negative attitude because mean score will be affected. The researcher advised the teachers on the importance of inclusive learning for learners with mental retardation. The researcher decided to carry out study in order to investigate primary school teachers attitude towards learners with mental retardation. This will help the learners from being separat...
The Abstract contains a brief account of what is contained in every chapter in this paper. Chapter one contains the problem and its scope, the theory, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions and significance of the study. Chapter two contains the literature review which gives background information on the studies done earlier that highlight similar or related issues to the topic of the study. Chapter three deals with research methodology which involves res...
In the current National Development Plan 2006 2010, the government is committed to providing efficient and affordable education. It intends to improve access, quality, relevance and management of secondary education. To achieve this one on the strategies is to encourage the effective provision of learning aids for secondary schools. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, six specific research objectives were addressed to establish the common learning aids in effective teaching an...
This study was conducted to explore the survival of the urban poor in Nabutiti neighbourhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala City. This was after the realisation that the liberalisation of the economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the rapid urbanisation of Kampala City had left tens of thousands of the city residents in squalid conditions where abject and absolute poverty rule with services going mainly to paying clients following the withdrawal of the state as the principal actor. T...
The research on the impact English language as a mode of Instruction to the Academic performance in Funyula division, Samia District. The study focused on how English language influences the pupils’ performance in other subjects in primary schools, classifying the different mother tongues in relation to English language towards the performance and to investigate the prevalence of the problem of language barriers in relation to the academic performance. Using a cross-sectional survey re...