ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of HIV/ AIDS on the education of selected primary schools of Keiyo district, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to. determine the effect of HIV/AIDS on the enrollment of children in school, determine the relationship between HIV/AIDS and school drop out, determine the challenges teachers face in regards to the HIV/ AIDS pandemic, determine the Impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers' participation in education and Investigat...
ABSTRACT The focus of his research was on girl's school drop out and academic performance case study of selected schools in Kabarnet division m Baringo central district in Kenya The objectives were to establish the cause of girls school dropout among pupils. According PC Tum; Educational Trends in Kenya A vocational perspective children from less privileged families financially who enter First class of primary school do not complete their primary school education because socio and economic re...
ABSTRACT Transformational leadership practices have the capacity to deal with the leadership ills confronting secondary education in Ghana. The study sought to determine the effect of school heads’ idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and heads of schools’ individual consideration leadership practices on students’ academic achievement in public Senior High Schools (SHS) in Kumasi Metropolitan, Ghana. The study adopted the transformational leadership...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to carry out situational analysis of educational services provided for learners in Special Primary Schools for Hearing Impairments in Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The study utilized the case study methodology to collect data from 3 special schools for learners with HI in Oriental Province, involving (3) Head-Teachers, (28) teachers and (15) parents of learners with HI. The respondents were sampled purposively and the sample size...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine the impact of domestic violence on student's academic performance. This has been associated with problems in student's cognitive processes and poor academic functioning, emotional effects exposure to depression and negative self concept which interferes with school adaptation, academic achievement and disciplinary problems. Literature was reviewed based on the various forms of themes; in all aspects it alluded to violence as a practice t...
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ABSTRACT The study was to investigate the causes of poor academic performance among the hearing impaired learners in regular schools in Samburu zone, Kinango district. The researcher used questionnaires to collect information from the respondents. The respondents were 25 teachers and 50 learners from the three sampled schools. The researcher found that in comparison with their hearing counterparts, hearing impaired learners perform poorly in academic work due to a number of factors. These in...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the Determinants of academic performance among children with learning disabilities in primary schools in Bauchi state, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined the effects of teachers’ perception, parents’ perception, teachers’ motivation and teachers-parents’ collaboration on the academic performance of children with learning disabilities. The study employed Social Cognitive Theory of Bandura of (1986), descriptive survey design was adopted. The study us...
ABSTRACT This research was intended to investigate the challenges faced by teachers of children with mental retardation in pre-school education, in Mukono District. Non-probability sampling was used to select respondents and areas of research. Interviews were .used to collect data from 9 respondents. These included the head teacher and teachers. The findings showed that use of inappropriate teaching learning and play materials, the curriculum, lack of parental involvement in the education ar...
Abstract Students‟ performance in Art and Design subject in Nairobi county is not impressive. This is reflected in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) sampled results of the county from the year 2006–2009. The results show an average means score performance of 53%. Above average performance is expected in the subject; this is particularly so because Art and Design is an elective subject done by few students. This study is therefore necessary in order to investigate the fa...
ABSTRACT A descriptive and quantitative study was undertaken to examine the impact of religion on academic performance of the pupils in selected schools of Bibirioni sub location. The specific objectives that guided the study included, to find out whether the pupils attendance is affected by religious practices; to find out if religious upbringing affects the learners ability to participate fully in school activities, to find out whether religion influences the children’s ability to interac...
ABSTRACT The intellectually challenged learners have been met with many difficulties and obstacles in life in the societies they live in. examples of these problems are discrimination, rejection, neglect, child maltreatment, use of derogatory language and negative attitude towards them. Some of their parents see them as a burden and a sign of bad omen to the family. They are regarded worthless and cannot be benefited from. In some societies they are misused of uncivilized traditional practic...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT Vii CHAPTER ONE’ LO INTRODUCTION 1 1,1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY’ 1 1 .2 Statement of’ the problem 2 1 .3 Purpose of the study 2 1.4 Objective 1.4.1 Specific objectives 3 1.5 Scope of the study 3 1.6 Significance of the study 3 CHAPTER TWO -~ 2.0 Literature review 4 2.1 INTRODUCTION 4 2.2 Education system 4 2.3 Causes of poverty 6 2.4 Effects of poverty 7 2.5 Role of secondary education in poverty reduction 8 C...
ABSTRACT This study was set forward to determine the attitude of teachers towards learners with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting with Halbet zone in Garissa district being an illustrative example. The general objective or purpose of the study was to investigate regular teacher's perception towards learners with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting. While reviewing related information to the topic of study, the researcher sought for ideas of prior scholars whose suppositions a...
ABSTRACT Quality education is paramount for the realization of holistic development of learners. Parents invest a lot in their children‟s education which calls for the provision of quality education. Both public and private sector have to ensure that quality education is provided. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of pre-primary school education offered by public and private pre-primary schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The target population was all public and priva...