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Parents’ Attributes and Students Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Nyamira North District. Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the parent’s socio-economic status and students’ Academic performance in selected secondary schools in Nyamira North District of Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were: to investigate the relationship between income level of parents and students’ academic performance, to investigate relationship of parental attitudes towards education and academic performance of students and to investigate the relationship between parent’...

Teacher Characteristic and Schools Effectiveness in Relation to Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Performance in Primary Schools in Mandera West Kenya.

Abstract The study investigated the relationship between teacher characteristics and schools effectiveness with respect to pupils academic performance in selected primary schools in mandera west district, Kenya.The study objective include; to determine the teacher characteristics in terms of age, qualification, gender and experience, level of school effectiveness and level of pupils academic performance. The study employed across-sectoral correlation research design using mainly aqualititativ...

Pedagogy and Social Adjustment of Learners in Early Childhood Schools in Ol’lessos Division, Nandi County, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “Pedagogy and Social Adjustment of Learners in early childhood schools in Ol’lessos Division, Nandi County, Kenya:’ The research was carried out by applying the descriptive research design which provided the correlation between pedagogy and social adjustment of learners. The approach was significantly defined by the distribution of questionnaires in order to gather relevant data which is used to develop valid and appropria...

Teachers Quality and Students Achievement in Private Secondary Schools in Borama District, Somali Land

ABSTRACT  The study was about Teachers’ quality and students’ achievement in selected private secondary schools in Borama District Somaliland. It was guided by five objectives:- determining the profile of the respondents as in gender, age, qualification and experience; the extent of teacher quality in terms of lesson preparation, lesson delivery and teaching lesson aid; to determine the level of students’ achievement and to determine if there is significant relationship between teacher...

Staff Compensation Strategies and School Administrators Performance in Secondary Schools in Rulindo District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT  This study determined the relationship between staff compensation strategies and school administrators’ performance in secondary schools in Rulindo District, Rwanda. As a way of achieving the research purpose, four specific objectives were formed and these included: to determine the level of compensation strategies; to determine level of school administrators’ performance; to establish difference in: (a) compensation strategies between private and public secondary schools; (b) ...

School-Based Instructional Supervision and Teacher Performance in Selected Public Secondary Schools of Nyamagabe District, Rwanda

CHAPTER ONE THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Background of the Study School-based instructional supervision emerges from the early nineteenth century in Britain and has been a principal means for improving the quality of school systems. Many researchers advocate that school-based instructional supervision and support is indispensable for improving the quality of education (Argyris, 1993). It became a systems’ tool for monitoring by school principals and government inspectors of schools in Britain ...

Teaching Methods and Learning of Primary School Pupils with Mild Mental Challenges in Eldama Ravine Division Baringo County, Kenya~

ABSTRACT The study was about teaching methods and learning abilities of the mild challenged learners in Eldama Ravine division, Baringo County. It was guided by three objectives; to determine the quality of teaching strategies, to investigate the level of learning abilities, and to establish if there is a relationship between teaching Methods and learning abilities. The study employed descriptive correlation survey research design, using the quantitative approach. It employed a population of ...

Moral Values and Drop Out Rates of Girl - Child in Primary Schools in Jagusi Island Sub County, Mayuge District, Uganda.

ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between moral values and drop-out rate of girl-child in primary school in Jagusi Island Sub County Mayuge District, Uganda. The specific objectives were: to find out the moral values of girl child, to assess the dropout rates of girl child to establish the relationship between moral values and dropout rates of girl-child. The study employed descriptive correlation design. Questionnaires and interview guide were used to gather data from 188 resp...

Social Learning Approach and in Dependent Action of Mild Mental Challenged Sigowet Division Kericho District Kenya

ABSTRACT This study is on an academic research entitled “social learning approach and independent action of mild mental retarded learners in Sigowet division Kericho District Kenya”. The purpose of the study was to investigate the level of social level and its relationship with the level of independent action of learners with mild mental challenged. The objectives of the study were: to determine the levels of independent action of learners who are mild mental challenged using two groups; ...

Peer Influence and Illicit Drug Use Among Adolescents in Secondary Schools of Makindye Division Kampala, Uganda

Abstract This study examined peer influence in relationship to illicit drug use by adolescents in secondary schools of Makindye Division, Kampala. Research interest in drug use stems from its increased frequency in the past decades making it a worldwide public health problem. The global burden of disease projected that tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs were 2nd, 9th and 20111 consecutively the leading cause of mortality globally. This report further projected that tobacco smoking alone would...

Determinants of the Effectiveness of Techinical Vocational Education and Training (Wet) Institutions in Huye District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The current study was carried out in lluye district of Rwanda to: Investigate how the relevance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training to the labor Market affects the effectiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Huye District Rwanda; to establish how the quality of Technical and Vocational Education and Training education affects the effectiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in l-luye District Rwanda; to examine how the Govern...

Reward Management and Teachers’ Efficiency in Selected Government Secondary Schools in Kinondoni District, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania

ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between reward management and teachers’ efficiency in selected government secondary schools of Kinondoni district, Dares salaam Tanzania. The objectives of the study were; i) to determine the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, qualifications and teaching experience; ii) to determine the level of reward management; iii) to determine the level of teachers’ efficiency and; iv) to establish if there is...

Physical Exercises and Play On Academic Performance in Kadibo Division Kisumu County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The topic of the study was Physical Exercise and Play and Academic Performance in Kadibo Division, Kisumu County, Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish whether there is a relationship between Physical Exercise and Play and Academic Performance inKadibo Division, Kisumu County, Kenya. It was guided by three objectives and these are; to establish the level of Physical Exercise and Play among young learners in Kadibo Division, Kisurnu County, Kenya, to determine the academic ...

Quality Assurance Mechanisms and Professional Development Activities of Teachers in Selected Secondary Schools in Ugunja District, Kenya

ABSTRACT The research determined the correlation between quality assurance mechanisms and teacher professional development activities in Ugunja district. The study sought to establish and recommend the kind of relationship that exists between quality assurance mechanisms and teacher professional development activities. It was a cross-sectional and descriptive correlation survey design. Purposive sampling procedure was used to sample out the schools. Data was collected in December, 2012.The st...

Information and Communications Technology (Ict) And Quality of Education in Selected Secondary Schools in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled “Information and Communications Technology and quality of Education in Rwanda”. It is presented as a result of a research that was carried out in selected secondary schools in Nyamagabe district, Rwanda. The study was carried out based on four specific objectives, namely: to find out the demographic characteristics of the respondents; to identify the level of ICT in secondary schools in Nyamagabe district; to examine the level of quality of education in se...


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