Cultural Factors and School Enrolment in Selected Secondary Schools in Nyamira North District, Nyamira County, Kenya.
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2012-09
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Kampala International University,masters degree of education management and administration
Abstract
Purpose of this research was to investigate the cultural factors and students' enrollment
in selected secondary schools of Nyamira North district, Nyamira County, Kenya. The
specific objectives of the study were to determine the profile of the respondents in
Nyamira North district in terms of gender, age, education level economic status and
professional qualifications. to determine the levels of cultural factor in Nyamira North
district (in terms of early marriages, stereo type beliefs), to determine the level of
students school enrolments in terms of daily attendance and to determine if there is
significant relationship· between cultural factors and student enrolments in schools in
Nyamira North district Nyamira county Kenya. The researcher used descriptive survey
designs where both qualitative and quantitative designs were used. The researcher
used random sampling technique to select 10 schools to acquire a sample of 227
respondents out of the population of 5000. The findings indicated that the cultural
levels affected the enrolments of students in schools as shown by the r-value of -.355
which nullifies the null hypothesis which stated that there is no significant relationship
hence to be there was significant relationship. The students from families with eroded
culture had a better enrolment than students from relatively cultural rooted families and
this was associated to high cultural issues of families. The findings revealed that most
parents have negative attitude towards education which hinders them from taking
students to school and paying fees in time. The researcher recommended the schools
to help the students who come from cultural rooted homes by enticing parents to
provide the basic needs for their children to be enrolled in schools. The researcher also
recommended parents to help children in achieving their educational dream.
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Masters of Education Management and Administration
Keywords
Cultural Factors, School Enrolment, Secondary Schools, Nyamira County, Kenya