Teacher characteristics and academic achievement in english and kiswahili of pupils in selected primary schools in Kabarnet municipality Baringo county Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Chepkiyeng, C. Julius Karanei | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T13:13:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T13:13:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12 | |
| dc.description | A thesis presented to the college of higher degrees and research of Kampala International University, Kampala — Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of masters of educational administration and management | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study sought to establish the relationship between Teachers’ qualification and their academic achievement in selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya, it also sought to identify whether there was a significant difference in academic achievement of pupils in public and private selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya. This study was guided by four specific objectives namely; to determine the level of teacher characteristics of the respondents in terms of gender age, marital status and education qualification, ii) to determine the level of pupils achievement in English and Kiswahili, iii) to establish whether there is a significant difference in academic achievement of pupils in public and private schools in selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya, iv) To establish whether there is a significant relationship between Teachers’ qualification and the academic achievement of their pupils in the selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya. The research employed descriptive correlational design to describe the relationship between the variables. The findings revealed the following;the majority of respondents in this sample were male, between 31-40 years of age, these had P1 certificates as their highest education qualification and had spent over 5 years in their current schools. The researcher concluded that in both English and Kiswahili subjects the performance was average withEnglish p;sting a mean of 53 and Kiswahili 47. There was a positive and insignificant difference in academic achievement between public and private pupils in selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya. There was no significant relationship in Teachers’ education qualification and students’ achievement in public and private selected Primary schools of Baringo County Kenya. The researcher recommended that there is need by the schools’ administrations to employ more competent and experienced English teachers sincefew pupils are scoring. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/5040 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala international University college of Education open and distance learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic achievement | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baringo county Kenya | en_US |
| dc.subject | Primary schools | en_US |
| dc.subject | English and kiswahili | en_US |
| dc.title | Teacher characteristics and academic achievement in english and kiswahili of pupils in selected primary schools in Kabarnet municipality Baringo county Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |