Factors affecting girl child education in Ntuusi Sub-County, Sembabule District
| dc.contributor.author | Byamukama, Nathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-27T07:05:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-27T07:05:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09 | |
| dc.description | 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 | en_US |
| dc.description.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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/4777 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Girl child | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sembabule District | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors affecting girl child education in Ntuusi Sub-County, Sembabule District | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |