The influence of peer group on the academic performance of secondary school students in Bukwo District.
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2018-09
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate peer group influence on student academic
performance in secondary schools in Bukwo. The objectives were to investigate whether peer
group affect the academic performance of adolescent. To determine whether peer influence has
any effect on academic performance of children from broken homes. To find out whether peer
influence determines variation in academic performance of male and female students and To
investigate whether age does determine the extent to which peer influence affects academic
performance of students. This study employed a descriptive survey desigH that was a type of
research undertaken with the aim of describing characteristics of variables in a situation. The
target population of the study was form one students in boarding secondary schools in Bukwo
district.
A sample was a smaller group of subjects obtained from the accessible population (Mugenda and
Mugenda 2003). It was concluded that peer group members who scored good marks in UCE had
positive influence on student academic performance in secondary schools. Students seemed to do
better in their early stages of Secondary school when their new Schoolmates had a good record
of prior achievement. My reading of this result was that there was some form of social
interaction between students that promoted higher attainments. The researcher recommends that
Students and school stakeholders should be made aware of the benefits of peer group prior
achievements as it greatly influences academic performance of students in secondary schools,
Schools administration and other stakeholders should advise the parents on the amount of money
to give to their children as pocket money as it has influence on the academic perfonnance of the
students in secondary schools and School administration and stakeholders should provide good
teaching! learning environment in order to achieve good academic performance
Description
A research report submitted to College of Education and Open e-
learning at Kampala International University for fulfillment of
award in Bachelor of Arts in Education.
Keywords
Peer group, Academic perfomance, Bukwo District, Secondary schools