TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ........................................................................................................... .ii
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................. iii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... vi
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... ix
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................... x
LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................ xi
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ xii
DEFINATION OF TERMS .......................................................................................... xiii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................. xiv
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................. I
GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ I
1.1 Background information ........................................................................................ I
1.2 Rationale ............................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Objectives .............................................................................................................. 3
1.3 .1 General objective ............................................................................................ 3
1.3 .2 Specific objectives .......................................................................................... 4
I. 4 Null hypothesis ...................................................................................................... 4
I. 5 Significance of the study ........................................................................................ 4
1.6 Limitation of the study ........................................................................................... 5
1.7 Assumptions of the study .................................................................................. 5
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CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................ 6
LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................. 6
2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Summary ............................................................................................................. 12
CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................... 13
METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 13
3.1 Study area ............................................................................................................ 13
3 .2 Research design ................................................................................................... 15
3 .3 Research instruments ............................................................................................... 15
3.4 Sample and sampling population .......................................................................... 15
3.5 Data collection procedures ................................................................................... 16
3.5.1 The students .................................................................................................. 16
3.5.2 The parents/community members .................................................................. 17
3 .5 .3 School accounts clerk/bursar ......................................................................... 17
3.6. Data analysis techniques ..................................................................................... 17
CHAPETR FOUR ......................................................................................................... 18
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .............................................................................. 18
4 .1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 18
4.2 The main causes ofpoverty .................................................................................. 20
4.3 Ways of alleviating poverty ................................................................................. 22
CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................... 24
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................. 24
5. I Introduction ......................................................................................................... 2
