Poverty Prevalence and Cultural Policies On Girl Child Education at Secondary Level in Lambwe Division Suba District Homa-Bay County Kenya

Table of Contents

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................. .ii

DEDICATION .............................................................................................................. .iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... v

LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................ vi

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................ vii

CHAPTER ONE: ............................................................................................................. 1

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1

1. 0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Background ............................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................... 3

1.4 Research Objective .................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Reach Question ......................................................................................................... 4

1.5.2 How has retrogressive communal policies have affected ......................................... 4

1.5.3 How does poverty related issues influence girl child .............................................. -4

1.6 Scope of the study ..................................................................................................... 4

1. 7 Significant of the study .............................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................. 6

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6

2.1 The school social- structure ....................................................................................... 6

2.2 Theory related to the study ........................................................................................ 6

2.3 Influence of locus of control. ..................................................................................... 8

2.4 societal points of view on girl child education ........................................................... 8

CHAPTER THREE ......................................................................................................... 11

METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 11

3.0 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 11

3. I Research design ........................................................................................................... 11

3.2 Population of the study ................................................................................................ 11

3.2. !Sampling techniques .................................................................................................. 11

3.5 Data collection method and instruments ...................................................................... 12

3.5.1. Questionnaire ........................................................................................................... 12

3.5.2. Observation .............................................................................................................. 12

3.6 Procedure for data collection ....................................................................................... 13

3.7 Data analyses techniques and presentation .................................................................. 13

CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................................... 14

DATA ANALYSIS AND REPRESENTATION ........................................................... 14

4.0. Overview ..................................................................................................................... 14

4.1. Background information ............................................................................................. 14

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................. 26

SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS, DISCUSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................... 26

5.0 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 26

5.1.0 Do secondary school teachers apply extra psychological efforts to contain the

minds of girls at school? .................................................................................................... 26

5.1. l Research question two .............................................................................................. 27

5.1.2. How does poverty related issues influence girl child education in secondary

schools? .............................................................................................................................. 28

5.2. Summary ..................................................................................................................... 29

5.3. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 29

Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 30

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................. 34