factors contributing to poor academic performance among girls of kawalase division in Turka a district Kenya:
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2008-11
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Kampala International University, college of Education,open and distance -learning.
Abstract
This study was carried out in Kawalase Division, Turkana Central District to find
out factors contributing to poor academic performance among girls of Kawalase
Division and low completion as girls progress towards completion of their eight
years primary education despite the government’s initiative to promote girl child
education through Africa Girls Education Initiative (AGEI) project in Arid and
Semi Arid areas in Kenya~ A desire to have girls achieve academically it
motivated the researcher to carry out the study.
The researcher in pursuit of getting the solutions to the existing problem used
the quantitative approach and survey as a method to identify the causes beneath
girls’ academic achievement in Kawalase division. It was by the use of this
approach that data was collected from different groups of people in Kawalase
division,
Having free and compulsory education is not therefore enough, much more has
to be done to promote the education of girl child. From the research several
factors that contribute to the problem above have been cited, which include
socio-economic, socio-cultural, teacher interaction and environmental factor.
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a research report submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of bachelor of education in special needs education of Kampala international university.
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poor academic performance, girls of kawalase, Turka a district Kenya: