Factors Influencing Girl Child Participation in Primary School Education Among Tugen Community Of Chapchay Zone, Kabarnet Division Baringo District Kenya
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Date
2008-11
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Kampala International University, school of special needs education
Abstract
Education plays a key role in human development through which pupils acquire skills
and knowledge for the enhancement of community’s social, economic and cultural well
being. Despite the government and other stakeholders effort to achieve parity conditions
in gender participation in primary school education ,the girl child continues to be
disadvantaged among pastoral communities such as Tugen community of Baringo. The
Tugens who migrate from one place to another in search of pasture and water for their
livestock has a lifestyle that disadvantages the girl child in accessing education. The
purpose of this study therefore was to establish the factors that influence girl child
participation in primary school education among this pastoral community. The survey
design method was used. This is because it enables a researcher to obtain information that
describes the phenomena under study. The population ofthe study constituted 304 girls
in four primary schools and 62 teachers. The study involved a sample of 80 girls drawn
~i~m the four primary schools and 20 teachers using random sampling. The research
instrument used was questionnaire. The data was presented on tables and analyzed using
qualitative method. The findings of the study are expected to encourage the Tugen
community to take education of girl child seriously. The study will also help NGOs
teachers and the government to make useful input and uplift girl child education.
Researchers will use the recommendations of this study to carry out related research in
this area
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A Research Project Submitted To The Institute Of Open And Distance Learning In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement For The Award Of Degree Of Bachelor Of Education In Special Needs Education Of Kampala International University
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Factors Influencing Girl Child Participation in Primary School Education, Kabarnet Division Baringo District Kenya