Effects of Domestic Violence on Academic Performance of Learners in Esageri Division Koibatek District, Kenya
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2009-11
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Kampala International University, bachelors degree in primary education
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to determine the Effects of Domestic Violence on
Academic Performance of Learners in Esageri Division Koibatek District, Kenya. The
specific objectives of the study were to; identify the most common forms of domestic
violence In Esageri Division Koibatek District, Kenya, Examine the causes of domestic
violence In Esageri Division Koibatek District, Kenya and investigate how domestic
violence affects children's academic performance In Esageri Division Koibatek District,
Kenya. The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the pupils and
interviews with the teachers. The findings revealed by 56% of the respondents that
beating was the most common form of domestic violence followed by abusing and
starvation which was mentioned by 53%, threats with an object was mentioned by 52%,
choking by 44%, economic deprivation by 39% sexual abuse by 38% and female genital
mutilation by 36%. It was revealed by 50%) of the respondents that poverty causes
domestic violence and 44% of the respondents mentioned drug abuse. 44% of the
respondents agreed that domestic violence leads to poor performance, 39% mentioned
that domestic violence leads to suspensions and 46% of the respondents agreed that
domestic violence leads to drop out. The study recommended that; more strong laws
against the perpetrators of domestic violence should be made. The available laws against
domestic violence are not strong enough. Counseling services should be availed in
schools to help children from such schools and hence manage how to deal and cope with
the situation. Children from such families suffer emotionally and therefore need to be
helped. The community should be and educated on the effects of domestic violence and
the rights of a woman also emphasized. The community has the mentality that women are
inferior to men and hence such attitudes need to be changed.
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A Research Report Presented to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award Degree Bachelor of Education in (SNE) Primary Education Kampala International University
Keywords
Domestic Violence, Academic Performance, earners, Koibatek District, Kenya