Risky Behaviors Among Learners and Educational attainments In Selected Secondary Schools Of buhunga Sub-County Rukungiri District
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2017-08
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Kampala International University, College/School of Education
Abstract
This study examined risky behavior adopted by the young people in selected
primary schools, and how this has affected their academic progress in Buhunga
sub-county Rukungiri district. The researcher adopted the following objectives for
the study; to investigate the common types of risky behavior adopted by youth,
to find out why the youth have adopted such risky behavior and to assess the
negative outcomes of the youth risky behavior. Using a convenient sampling
technique, a total of twenty four respondents were picked at random to
participate in this study. Quantitative and qualitative methods were also used in
this study.
Finding in the study established that rate of crime and violence amongst the
young people of school going age was moderate as per seventeen teachers,
although three teachers rated it as high. It was also established that due to
poverty, some children fail to enroll in school. Also findings shows that fewer
schools offered parents and caregivers support in effective parenting even fewer
schools offered vocational skills to young boys and girls, that just in case they do
not make it they can continue earning a living. Recommendations were also
made. Remedial education to those young boys and girls who have already
adopted at risk behavior must be provided. This therefore calls for school based
diagnosis.
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A Research Report Submitted To The College Of Education, Open, Distance And E-Learning In Partial Fulfillment Of requirements For The Award Of A Bachelor’s degree Of Arts With Education Of kampala International university.
Keywords
Risky Behaviors, Learners, Educational attainments