An Investigation On The Relationship Between Fishing And Academic Performance Of Lake shore Schools Inhabitants: A Case Study Of Entebbe Municipality In Wakiso District
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2019-03
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Kampala International University, School of Education, Open and Distance and E-learning
Abstract
The study focused on “an investigation on the relationship between fishing and academic
performance of lakeshore schools inhabitants.” It was based on its objectives namely; to identify
the causes of interest in fishing to the secondary school children in Entebbe Municipality,
Wakiso district, To find out the effects of fishing activity to the academic performance of
secondary school children of lake shore schools in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district and
lastly suggest way forward for promoting of academic performance in secondary school children
of lakeshore schools in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso district. The study was descriptive in
nature. It used a sample size of 90 respondents among which included teachers, students,
community members and head teachers. The researcher selected the study respondents using a
random sampling technique. Interview and questionnaire methods were used to gather the
primary data and documentary review was used for the collection of secondary data. The
findings revealed that (majority) 50% reported that lack of parental care, poverty mistreatment,
famine and drug abuse are the causes of interest in fishing to the secondary school in Entebbe
(See table 3 pg 20). The study found that majority (28.2%) of the local leaders reported that that
most of the children leave their home for fishing in order to earn living which attracts more
children to be involved in fishing. Others reported that after the death of their parents and
guardians most of the children stay alone without any one takes care of them which force them to
go for work. This is line with Russell (1983) identified that children suffer a great deal from
divorce; they get nervous disorders and various kinds of upsets of one sort or another. They feel
that they are living in a dangerous world. Furthermore, he said that it fills them probably first
with horror, then with a kind of indifference and later on with an impulse to initiate. The study
recommended that strict laws should be undertaken by the government to curb people who take
children to work in their estates, strengthening the laws on child labor, parents being responsible
for the acts of their children, empowering communities with techniques of identifying street
children, designing awareness campaigns and sensitizations and encouraging individuals to fight
against street children.
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Aresearch Report Submitted To The College Of Education Open, Distance And E-Learning In Apartial Fullfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Bachelor Of Arts With Education Of Kampala International University.
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Investigation, Fishing, Lake shores