Causes for students strikes in secondary schools in Fortportal municipality Kabarole District in Uganda.
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Date
2018-03
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Kampala International University, School of Education
Abstract
The main purpose of this study will be to assess the causes of strikes in
secondary schools in Fort Portal. Study will be aimed at investigating the
following. First the history of student strikes in Fort Portal. Secondly the study
will investigate the role of school stake holders in addressing the said problem.
And lastly the researcher will make study recommendation to curb the speed of
the strikes across the entire municipality.
The study employed descriptive research methodology to investigate why
students in secondary school engaged in school unrest.
The research survey wa~ based on the opinion of the research and the
respondent interviewed helped together information needed to form the primary
data. The researcher gatheied information from various sources books journals
archives academic papers data observation interview schedule and
questionnaire guide.
Reliability and validity of these tools is that they were handled by their teachers
themselves and students who were actually the targeted population. Among the
target population are school students teachers and other education
stakeholders.
Both the primary and secondary data were analyzed to extract relevant report
that enabled the researcher make valid and reliable research findings and
recommendation.
Some of the research findings were poor public relations, poor school nutrition,
peer pressure drugs and abuse of substance, bad leadership in management of
the schools and in the community including external and political interference
prevalent monotonous method of instructions and examination phobia among
the students.
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A dissertation submitted to the College of Education, Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Education in Arts at Kampala International University
Keywords
Students strikes, Secondary schools, Fortportal Municipality, Kabarole District, Uganda