Socio-economic determinants of learning achievements in selected secondary schools in Namutumba Town Council, Namutumba District.
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2019-02
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
This study investigated the socio-economic determinants of learning achievements in secondary
schools in Ugandafocusing on senior two students. The objectives ofthe study were; to find out
how students home and family background determine their learning achievements, to
investigate the effect of students characteristics on learning, to study the effect of teacher
characteristics on students learning achievement and to examine the effect of school
characteristics on students learning achievements. Southern African Consortium for
Monitoring Education Quality III 2007 data set was utilized in this study. The data was collected
using a stratified two-stage cluster sample design. The levels ofdata analysis included univariate
were frequency tables and descrzptive statistics were used to explain background information. At
Bivariate level~ statistical sign~/Icance ofthe association between the dependent variable and the
independent variables were established using Pearson chi-square test with the sign~fIcance level
fixed at 5%. Exploratory factor analysis was used to come up with latent variables that were
finally fitted in the linear regression model~ with student s performance as the dependent
variable. Empirical results reveal that grade repetition (p= 0.002), place ofstay (p= 0.020), use
of information communication technology ~= 0.048),
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A research report submitted to the College of Education
Open and Distance e- learning in partial fulfillment
of the requirement for the Award of Bachelors
Degree of Arts in Education of Kampala
International University
Keywords
Socio-economic determinants, Secondary schools, Learning achievements, Namutumba district