Factors affecting girl child education in Ntuusi Sub-County, Sembabule District
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Date
2018-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The Girl child education has become a real concern in all nations of the World particularly in the
developing countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa, and Uganda in particular. Girl child education
provides benefits to the family and the society at large and thus factors affecting it should be
addressed for the sake of human and societal development The objective of this study was to
establish the factors affecting girl child education in secondary schools in Ntuusi Sub County,
Sembabule District Uganda. Specifically, the study investigated the effect socio-economic,
cultural and school -based factors have on a girl-child education in secondary school education.
A case study design was adopted to undertake the study and data was collected from primary and
secondary sources. The Purposive sampling method was adopted for the data collection process.
Simple random sampling technique was also employed in the selection of students, teachers
and parents to ensure unbiased representation of the various units of analysis. A survey of 50
respondents including teachers, parents/guardians and girls. In-depth interviews were also
conducted with head teachers and education officers. Descriptive statistics involving frequencies,
percentages were used to analyze and present the results. The findings of the study found show
that socio-economic, cultural beliefs and school based factors that such as early marriage and
pregnancies affect girl’s secondary schools in Ntuusi Sub County. Majority of the respondents
recommended that awareness be created to all stakeholders on the importance of girl child
education in the district. The same study should be carried out nationwide to find out whether the
findings of this study hold. The study recommends that, Girls should embrace intervention
programmes that support them and wear a
positive attitude towards their education Parents and the society should support such
programmes to help the Girl child build confidence in herself to pursue higher education
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A research dissertation submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a bachelor’s degree in development studies of Kampala International University
Keywords
Girl child, Education, Sembabule District