Drug abuse in the family and learners’ risk of school failure. (a case study of Butembe sub-County Jinja District)
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Date
2019-05
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate on the drug abuse in the family and
learners’ at risk of school failure.(A case study of Butembe sub-county Jinja
district of Uganda. The following objectives guided the study; to investigate on
the causes of drug abuse among pupils on their academic performance; to
examine the effects of drug abuse towards academic performance and to find
out measures put in place to control drug abuse in secondary schools in
Uganda. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used and respondents were
picked at random. Findings revealed that majority of the pupils who were
abusing drugs were aged between 16-18 year. Findings also shows that the
high prevalence of drug abuse in pupils from families where another member of
the family was also abusing drugs correlates well with previous studies that
found a similar correlation between parental use and abuse of drugs and drug
abuse patterns among their children. Recommendations were also made.
Description
A research report submitted to college of Education,
open, distance and e-learning in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor
of arts with education of Kampala
International University
Keywords
Family, Drug abuse, School failure, Jinja District