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  Mobile schools were started to act as feeder schools for the regular primary schools to mitigate acute problem of under-enrolment in primary schools in ASAL districts. Ten years after introduction of mobile schools GER for Turkana County is 35%. The problem of under enrolment still exists. The study was carried to find out the issues... Continue Reading

  This study investigated the status of safety measures and its effects on performance in public primary schools in Kilifi Sub-County, Kilifi County - Kenya. For effective management and learning of children in schools, safety measures are paramount. In a majority of public primary schools in Kenya, the situation is wanting (Simatwa and... Continue Reading

Boards of Management (BOM) is a committee established by the state department of Education to supervise education in government schools in conjunction with other education stakeholders such as the Parent Teachers Association (PTAs), the County Education Boards (CEB) and the local community. The effectiveness of the newly restructured BOMs... Continue Reading

  Mathematics has a fundamental position in a school curriculum. Mathematics is expected to give learners competencies required to possess their correct places in areas of industry, technology, science and commerce, core skills needed for attainement of the big four agendas in national development. Owing to its significance in society, in... Continue Reading

Adult literacy covers individuals of age 15 years and beyond. Its fundamental aim is to offer survival and literacy skills to adults who may have not gone through formal Education. In spite of the importance of adult basic education, the Kenya National Adult Literacy Survey (KNALS, 2010), exposed 61.50% of the adult population had managed... Continue Reading

The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges in financing development projects in public primary schools in Ijara district, Garissa County. The objectives of the study were to find out the medium and long-term projects undertaken by public primary schools and how the projects were financed.  The research adopted a survey design. A... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to assess the factors that affect students’ academic performance in Mathematics in Kakamega County. The study had five objectives: (i) Investigating the extent to which instructional methods contribute to the student’s performance in Mathematics at Secondary school level, (ii) find out the extent to which attitudes... Continue Reading

The government of Kenya since independence  has had many commissions in place which have helped review Kenyan system of education so as to make sure it is in line with the national requirements of human capital and also national educational goals and objectives.  The legal provision and policy documents of Kenya  support the education or the... Continue Reading

Research in social inequality with regard to how it affects realization of human success, prosperity and contentment in life has been documented. In education, social inequality has been found to affect how children access and ultimately achieve their educational goals and ensure upward mobility in higher education and careers.  Issues of... Continue Reading

The study sought to find out the impact of public procurement policy on teaching and learning in selected public secondary schools in Kahuro District, Murang’a County. The objectives that guided the study were:- to establish the impact of costs of goods and services, transparency in the procurement process, stock levels and the quality of goods... Continue Reading

Strategic plans have recently gained popularity in both public and private institutions including schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status and challenges in implementation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in Kiambu District, Kiambu County. The objectives of the study were (i) to identify the number of... Continue Reading

Development of education in Kenya is guided by the education Act of 1968 which empowers the education minister to promote education at all levels both quantitatively and qualitatively .This implies that any educational development and expansion should strike a balance between the two aspects. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate... Continue Reading

Outdoor play is a basic element of child’s holistic development. And because children spent most of their time in ECD Centres, educators should understand how to provide them with sufficient play opportunities. In Kenya, there are many studies documented on outdoor play, but these studies failed to explain the school related factors that... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to investigate Parents‘ and Teachers‘ Associations funds in sustaining day secondary schools education in Machakos District. The statement of the problem was based on fact that most schools in the country and Machakos District in particular are lacking vital facilities and are unable to fully provide and implement... Continue Reading

This study aimed to deterrnine why girls. perform poorly in science subjects. The marz objective of the study ·was to investigate why girls;fotmpoorlyinseiencesul~jects in Kibaale District. The re.~pondents to the research ·were students as 'well as the teachers of the sampled secondary schools in Kibaale District. One of the findings... Continue Reading

Bala sub-county is one of the sub-counties in Dokolo District in 'Jorthcrn 1 l:111:l:1 •.: hi:1• ; /', '' 1 with the most troubling question as to why there is poor performance in most primarv schools wt there are qualified teachers and enough teaching learning materials. Several attempts have been made by inspectors of schools... Continue Reading

onsidering the contributions of mathematics, science, and technology to today's world, one ;vould have expected mounting interest in these disciplines, but the reverse seems to be the case. :ndeed, there is declining emolment in mathematics and science subjects among the youth, and Joor performance in examinations, such as those taken... Continue Reading

The study aimed at finding out factors affecting girl-child education in Bungokho South Constituency. It was realized that in other parts of Uganda girl-child education had deeply taken place while as in Bungokho it has not. In this research a combination of both quantitative and qualitative design were used for this study. Also purposive... Continue Reading

  The researcher set out to establish the relationship between the teaching of English and the academic performance in the Uganda Certificate of Education in Kaproron sub —county in Kween District. The study involved data selection which was collected from different categories of people who included the head teachers, heads of... Continue Reading

Education is the study only trend to development. It's an essential element for cultural, social and economic progress of any society in a society where education is sound; people are able to fight diseases and ignorance, poverty and oppression. Since the goal of much education is behavioral change, the understanding of behavior afforded... Continue Reading

This sh1dy was about culture as an impediment to girl child education. This sh1dy was conducted at Kifumbira Primary School, Butologo, Sub County in Mubende district Uganda. The objectives of the study were to establish the causes oflow enrolment of girls into schools, assess the extent to which culture has hindered girl child education... Continue Reading

It is a fact that all people need food and cannot live long without eating enough of it. It is this fact that the researcher has decided to establish the Impact on Health and Nutrition on the Performance of Pre-Primary School in Thegu location Kieni East District; the research is based on finding out the relationship that exist between... Continue Reading

This study was carried out within Lari division which is located in Kiambu 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... Continue Reading

Through the efforts made by the research in trying to establish the causes of child labour, the research used questionnaire method to collect the data. The data was collected from different people distributed allover the division who were the respondents. The findings of the research were as follows:- Children in Kabiyet Division engage... Continue Reading

This study investigated the parenting styles and how they influence the behavior . of children at school in Marani division Kisi1 central district in Kenya. The following objectives guided the study/ to assess the role of parents have played in nurturing their children. to assess the dimensions of child parent interactions which are... Continue Reading