Absenteeism and pupils' academic performance in primary schools in Tororo District: a case study of Mukuju Sub County
| dc.contributor.author | Okumu, Kezironi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-14T06:57:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-14T06:57:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-07 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the Faculty of Education as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Education of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The purpose of the study is to find out the effect of pupils" absenteeism on their academic performance in selected primary schools in Mukuju Sub County Tororo District. It has been prompted by the declining performance in primary leaving examinations amidst increase in pupil absenteeism. The objectives of the study are; to find out the effect or pupils" absenteeism on their academic performance; to find out factors responsible for pupils" absenteeism in selected primary schools; to establish the academic performance of pupils in selected primary schools in Mukuju Sub County Tororo District and to investigate the strategies for curbing pupils' absenteeism in selected primary schools in Mukuju Sub County Tororo District. The study will be conducted in five government aided primary schools in Mukuju Sub County Tororo District. The sample site, will be got from a population of 25 students from the prefect body. The head teacher from each of the selected primary schools. Chairman School management committee from each school, the L.C I from the village in which each of the schools is located, and 6 teachers. This makes a total population of 169 respondents. Simple random sampling will be used by the researcher for teachers and pupil prefect body to enable respondents to an equal chance of being selected while purposive sampling will be used on Head teachers. School management committee, chairpersons and Local council leaders (L.C I Chairpersons to enable in-depth qualitative research in which the focus will be to understand complex social phenomena. Data collection methods will be questionnaires that will be distributed to teacher, while interviews will be conducted with head teachers, chairperson’s school management committee. Pupil prefects. L.C J leaders from each of the selected schools. The data collected will be put in table, and figure; for easy analysis and interpretation. The researcher will point out the findings of the study based on research objectives and give conclusions. On addition the researcher will make Recommendations guided by the research objectives and propose suggestions 1for future actions Key words: in the study are absenteeism, truancy and performance | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/14083 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University; College of Education Open and Distance Learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Absenteeism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pupils' academic performance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Primary schools | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tororo District | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Absenteeism and pupils' academic performance in primary schools in Tororo District: a case study of Mukuju Sub County | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |