The effect of poor health on Academic Performance: A case study of Bukwa Sub-County, Bukwo District Uganda.
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Date
2017-01
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning.
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of poor health on academic performance. The study
was guided by specific objectives that included; identifying the cause of poor health,
the effects of poor performance on academic performance and the relationship
between poor health and academic performance.
The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where purposive sampling was
used to select population. It employed 60 respondents. Data were analysed and
presented using frequencies and percentages and were tabulated.
The major findings of the study were; most of the respondents were males, causes
of unemployment are technological advancement, solutions to the causes were
poverty, drought. Effects were mental agility, mental disorders and illness. And the
relationship included daily attendance and negative relationship.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the College of Open and Distance
Learning in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the
Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Education
Kampala International University.
Keywords
Poor Health, Academic Performance, Effects, Bukwo District Uganda