The effects of free primary education on pupil performance in selected schools in Sugoi Mzone, Turbo Division, Kenya
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Date
2009-08
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Kampala International University.College of Law
Abstract
The study was carried out in five selected primary schools which include;
Seiyot primary, Cheramei, Chebarus, Sokyot and Leseru primary
schools. The research looked at the effects of free primary education on
the academic performance of pupils in Turbo Division, Uasin- Gishu
West District Kenya. In an attempt to achieve the above, three objectives
were developed. The objectives were; determining the level of free primary
education, effects of free primary education on performance and
investigating the factors driving to FPE poor performance.
The first objective sought to investigate the performance levels of free
primary education. The findings revealed that huge portions of the tax
receipts to payment of debts affected the level of free primary education.
"Without additional investments ... a quality education is difficult to
achieve and dropout rates and illiteracy are likely to increase (GoK,
2005)". The second objective sought to investigate the effects of free
primary education on performance and the findings revealed teachers
and pupils supported the fact that over crowding in their schools has
resulted to poor academic performance with 20 (100%) of teachers and
28 (93.3%) of pupils agreeing to that school facilities are not enough to
accommodate high numbers of pupils in their schools.IS (75%) of the
teachers agreed that there is a teacher ratio imbalance while 28(93.3%)
pupils also agreed that there is an imbalance in the teacher-pupil ratio
which caused poor performance. 20 (100%) of teacher respondents
agreed with the fact that there are inadequate scholastic materials in
their schools while 28 (93.3%) of their pupils agreed too that they lack
enough scholastic materials. The drop out rate was high in the zone
where Leseru primary school had a drop out percentage of 26, followed by
Seiyot with 18.5, Sokyot had 7.3, Cheramei with 6.8 and lastly Cherabus with
the lowest of 0.5. Monthly payments could not be met by the amount
allocated from the government, and are not usually made in a timely
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manner. The school still lacks cement flooring in the classrooms, covered
windows or enough furniture for the pupils.
72% of the respondents agreed with the statement that The parents of
the pupils can not afford transport fairs for their children to come to
school. Also 60% of the respondents agreed with the view that the
parents don't buy food for the pupils in the school. More still another
60% were also of the view that the parents don't buy uniforms for the
pupils in the school. Schools are understaffed and the teachers are
poorly motivated and overworked which has led to teachers' deliberate
neglect of their work. The teachers complained that there is a 1: 100
teacher students ratio in some schools in the zone.
Description
Research report presented to the Institute of Open and Distance Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree bachelor of education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Free primary education, Pupil, Performance, Schools