Institutional causes of students’ poor perfomance in science subjects in selected secondary schools in Bulongo Sub County in Luuka District
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2018-09
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Kampala International University, College Of Education, Open,Distance And E-Learning
Abstract
This study was entitled on “Institutional causes ofstudents ‘poor performance in science subjects
in selected secondary schools in Bulongo sub county in Luuka District”. The purpose ofthis study
was to find out the school based causes ofpoor student performance in in selected secondwy
schools in Bulongo sub county in Luuka District and how it can be reduced or even solved
completely in secondary school children. The research gave suggestions and recommendations on
how the government and schools can fight against this challenge in the community such that they
can improve student academic performance. It was guided by three objectives which were directed
to the general objective as to identzj5’ causes ofpoor performance ofscience subjects in selected
secondary schools in Bulongo sub county in Luuka District and to suggest solutions. The study
was mainly descrzptive therefore it used qualitative methods in data collection. It also used
quantitative methods to calculate andpresent thefigures so as to obtain related findings. The study
targeted the students who are have an increasing record of poor performance in class by
investigating the factors influencing this performance the four selected secondary schools in
Bulongo Sub County in Luuka district. The studyfound out that most students ‘fail because their
parents hold them at home to help them in their domestic and business work which leaves students
with limited tune to study leading to poor performance in class especially in the final exams
(UNEB~,), The researcher recommended thatparents give enough time to students to engage in.~ ‘ieir
academic work as a way of improving their academic performance and also that students should
do their math work and allocate much time to compared to other subjects due to its complexity.
Chapter on is the introduction and background ofthe study, Chapter two expounded on the causes
ofpoor performance of students in general and overtime, chapter three includes the researcher
methodology that the researcher used to come up with the findings in chapter f~nir andJive
Description
A research report submitted to the College of Education Open Distance and E- learning in partial fulfillment of’ the requirements for the award of a Degree of Bachelor of Science with Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Students’ poor perfomance, Science subjects, Bulongo Sub County, Luuka District