Girl child education and academic performance in Ainabkoi zone Eldoret east district, Uasin Gishu county rift valley Province, Kenya
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2011-04
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Kampala International University,Institute of Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
Kenya recognizes education for girls and women as a tool, for empowering them and as a
fundamental human right. There is an improvement in the overall literacy for both males and
females thus narrowing the gap between them. However, despite their awareness, the national
enrollment figures in primary schools camouflage regional variations that pose a challenge to the
national achievement.
The main goal of closing the gender literacy gap will not, therefore, be achieved without focusing
attention on the girl child education in the underprivileged regions in the country. There is
evidence that free primary education is faced with several challenges likewise to the girl-child
education. and academic performance. This study sets out to highlight the major gender and
education challenges facing the girl-child education in Ainabkoi zone, Eldoret East district,
Uasin Gishu County, Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The purpose of this study is to investigate
the challenges facing girl-child education and academic performance in Ainabkoi zone is
specifically aimed at finding out the economic and socio-cultural factors that tend to affect girlchild
education and academic performance. This will eventually identify the challenges
affecting the achievement facing girl-child education for all and proposes positive actions for
mitigation of the situation so as to establish whether there are existing strategies for addressing
the challenges facing girl-child education and how to uplift girl's education.
The study will, therefore, be made of a descriptive and exploratory design in which both
qualitative and quantitative methods used in collecting the data from the children (pupils), head
teachers and parents on the challenges facing girl-child education and academic performance.
The researcher will target thirteen primary schools which have a population of five thousand eight
hundred and forty-one (5841) pupils. The number of respondents who were given the
questionnaires will constitute two hundred and forty (240) which were spread equally to all the
thirteen schools in the zone. The method to be used while collecting the data included the use of
questionnaires interviews, observation, and examination records.
Description
A research project submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Bachelor Degree in Special Needs Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Girl child, academic performance