ABSTRACT The knowledge of English is of great practical aspect in the scientific and technological fields. English is widely recognized as an important qualification for employment and further studies. It provides a unique type of experience in problem solving which is an essential component of a complete education. Though English is important, many pupils in schools continue to perform poorly in the subject especially in internal and end term examinations. This is also the case in Soi Zone, ...
Abstract The aim of this research was to investigate the problems faced by nursery schools in Owimbi zone, Bonda district Kenya. A number of nursery schools have come up to cater for children and this is so because of the realization of the importance of nursery education. However these schools are faced with a lot of problems. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between the development of a country and nursery education and to show how other stake holders...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................ i APPROVAL .................................................................................................................. ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...........................................................................................
Despite the importance of pre-school as a foundation for the country's formal education, the Ministry of Education spends less than one percent of its budget on this sub-sector. The General objective of the study was to determine the impact of Free Primary Education on Early Childhood Education. The research study was conducted between January 2010 and November 2010. The study was carried in Waberi Zone, Garissa District. The study benefits the early childhood pupils since their well being is...
ABSTRACT Tourism in Kenya is almost exclusively centered on two geographical areas; the south coast beaches and a handful of game reserves or national parks. A !50-kilometre strip of coastline north and south of Mombasa is lined with beach hotels designed for package tours and contains half of all tourism development in the country. This concentration spread the benefits (and costs) along the coast and also the country as a whole. Despite the fact that tourism is such an important sector of t...
Recent research statistics has shown that the prevalence of girls dropping out of schools in Kenya is expanding rapidly to the distraction of the society. Kenyans cannot afford to complacent about it, thus there arises an immediate need to conduct an investigation on the factors responsible for school dropouts especially among the girls. The study adopted a descriptive research design. This enhanced the researcher to obtain a better understanding of the factors responsible for school drop out...
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE Declaration ........................................................................................ .i Approval ........................................................................................... .ii Dedication ....................................................................................... .iii Abstract .............................................................................................. iv Table of contents ...............................
ABSTRACT Despite the importance of pre-school as a foundation for the country's formal education, the Ministry of Education spends less than one percent of its budget on this sub-sector. The General objective of the study was to determine the impact of free primary education on early childhood education. The research study was conducted between April 2009 and August 2009. The study was carried in Budalangi division, Bunyala district, Kenya. A descriptive design was adopted for this particula...
ABSTRACT Education has been seen as the only solution to the elimination of poverty, diseases and illiteracy. Many governments including Kenya has equally paid serious attention in order to achieve it. A literate population is more productive than an illiterate one hence the need to enable every citizen the opportunity to access education at all levels. It is therefore based on the above that the researcher ventures into the topic in order to examine the impediments faced by the physically c...
The major purpose of the study was to detennine Gender mathematics concepts' perception and its effects on academic perfonnance of students in selected primary schools in Kyamulibwa subcounty, Masaka district, Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between girl's attitude and performance in mathematics, Investigate the relationship between teachers' attitudes and girls' perfonnance in mathematics, Detennine the relationship between the curriculum and...
ABSTRACT: The researcher seeks to carry out detailed study on enrollment of girls in chemistry in Randiani secondary school in Gucha district in Kenya. The study was conducted in selected regular schools in the division to represent schools in Gucha. The enrollment in girls in chemistry has been studied and possible solutions have been suggested on how to improve their performance and enrolment. The target group includes student, teachers and head teachers. The researcher distributed the ques...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out within Mandera Central which is located in Nairobi North - district of Kenya. To come up with this study, the researcher had to be driven by the cardinal (general) objective formulated prior to data gathering and this had been stated as: This study is intended to investigate the influence of financial resources on the academic performance of students in secondary schools within Mandera Central in North Eastern Kenya. It is from such an objective that the r...
This study was intended to determine the relationship between teaching aids and academic performance of pupils in selected schools in Bahari division, Kilifi District. In the review of related information, all sources viewed relevant were made of use. The study adopted a descripte design and questionnaires and interview guides wwere used in the collection of data from the key respondents. Data collected was processed, analyzed and interpreted relating it to the objectives of the study and the...
The World Bank (1980) observed that education is means of increasing skilled workers and raising the number of skilled manpower. This helps the c country to develop economically and hence reduce the poverty. The level of skills possessed by an individual and hence ability to participate in economic activities is dependent on the level of national education achieved. Science subjects are one the subjects taught at secondary school level It is compulsory to pursue at least one science subject. ...
The critical problem in this study was that despite the crucial role mathematics education plays in promoting scientific and technological development, girls’ performance in the subject as compared to boys (especially in mixed schools) had been quite dismal. It is for this reason that the purpose of the study was to investigate the school related factors influencing girl’s performance in mathematics in mixed secondary schools in Kobujoi Division, Nandi South District. To achieve the objec...