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- ItemChild labour and academic perfomance in secondary schools of Chema Subcounty Kapchorwa District(Kampala International University, College of Education, Open & Distance Learning, 2018-08) Cheptoek, EstherThe study was entitled Child Labor and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools of Chema Sub county Kapchorwa District. The purpose of this study was to find out the major causes of child labor in Kapchorwa District and how it can be reduced or even solved completely in secondary school children, to what extent child labor affected students’ academic performance. The research gave suggestions and recommendations on how the government and schools can fight against this challenge in the community such that they can improve student academic performance. It was guided by three objectives which were directed general objective as to find out the impact of child labor on student academic performance in Chema sub-county Kapchorwa district. The study was mainly descriptive therefore it used qualitative methods in ollection. It also used quantitative methods to calculate and present the figures so as to obtain related things. The study targeted the students who are have an increasing record of poor performance in class where they come from and what they do at home from the two selected secondary schools in Kapchorwa district. The study found out that most students fail because their parents hold them at home to help in their domestic and business work which leaves students with limited time to study leading to performance in class especially in the final exams (UNEB).
- ItemProcurement governance and procurement performance of small medium sized enterprises in Kampala District(Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management, 2019-10) Cheptoek, EstherThis study was set out to establish the effect of Procurement governance and Procurement performance of SMEs in Kampala District. To accomplish this, the study set out five specific objectives which included; determining the effect of Procurement planning, Procurement and Disposal procedures, Procurement Record management, and Procurement code of ethics and Complaints Review mechanism on Procurement performance of SMEs in Kampala District. The study adopted a descriptive research design of a cross sectional type approach and sampled forty (40) SMEs out of the total number of four hundred (400) SMEs in Kampala District through random sampling to take part in the research. The researcher used questionnaires as the main data collection tool. The data was analyzed using the SPSS (version 22). Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the data which was later on presented in the form of percentages, graphs and frequency distribution tables. The study found out that, most of the respondents were Marketing and Sales managers, with some being Procurement managers. Regression analysis findings revealed that Procurement governance has a positive effect on Procurement performance with all the variables (Procurement planning, Procurement Disposal procedures, Procurement Record management, Procurement Code of ethics, Complaints Review mechanism) hence all these variables have a statistically significant effect on Procurement performance. Based on the conclusion, this study recommends all SMEs in Kampala District to adopt Procurement governance practices such as Procurement planning, Procurement Disposal procedures. Procurement Record management, Procurement Code of ethics and Complaints Review mechanism. This is because these practices improve Procurement performance which in turn ensures that there are no loopholes through which public resources can be misappropriated.