Effects of drug abuse on academic performance’. a case study of Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District
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2017-02
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
The study investigated into the effects of drug abuse on performance in schools. The study
was guided by specific objectives that included; determining the causes of drug abuse, to
propose effects of drug abuse on academic performance and to establish relationship between
academic performance and drug abuse.
The research consists of five chapters. Chapter one with introduction, chapter two consists of
the related literature, chapter three consists of the methodology. chapter four consists of data
presentation and analysis and chapter five consists of summary of findings, conclusions and
recommendations.
The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where purposive sampling was used to
select population. It employed 50 respondents. Data was obtained from secondary using
stratified sampling, analyzed and presented using frequencies and percentages and were
tabulated. Data was entered in EPIINFO and analysed using SPSS computer package.
The major findings of the study were; the study revealed that majority of the respondents
were females who were in secondary and below 25 years. Among the causes of drug abuse
were too many problems, peel’ groups, mental illness and child neglect. Among the effects
were less goal oriented, low indices of extracurricular, too many deaths. prone to diseases and
infraction in brain.
Among the recommendation include, creation of good learning environment. increased
teachers’ salary, continued assistance to weak students, and maximum discipline.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the college of education and open
learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of
education Kampala International, University
Keywords
Drug abuse, Academic performance, Wakiso District