Causes for Students Strikes in Secondary Schools in Fort Portal Municipality Kabarole District in Uganda.

ABSTRACT

 The main purpose of this study will be to assess the causes of strikes insecondary schools in Fort Portal. Study will be aimed at investigating the following. First the history of student strikes in Fort Portal. Secondly the study will investigate the role of ~chool stake holders in addressing the said problem. And lastly the researcher will make study recommendation to curb the speed of the strikes across the entire municipality. The study employed descriptive research methodology to investigate why students in secondary school engaged in school unrest. The research survey was based on the opinion of the research and the respondent interviewed helped together information needed to form the primary data. The researcher gathered information from various sources books journals archives academic papers data observation interview schedule and questionnaire guide. Reliability and validity of these tools is that they were handled by their teachers themselves and students who were actually the targeted population. Among the target population are school students teachers and other education stakeholders. Both the primary and secondary data were analyzed to extract relevant report that enabled the researcher make valid and reliable research findings and recommendation. Some of the research findings were poor public relations, poor school nutrition, peer pressure drugs and abuse of substance, bad leadership in management of the schools and in the community including external and political interference prevalent monotonous method of instructions and examination phobia among the students. The study made the following recommendation; pre-examination preparation good parenting enhances discipline in the school improvement to service delivery in various sectors Of the school community.

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

ACKNOWLEDGE

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 7

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 7

1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 7

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 8

1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 8

1.7 CONCLUSION 8

CHAPTER TWO 9

LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2.0 INTRODUCTION 9

2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2t2 EDUCATION FOR LIFE 9

2.3 EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY 10

CHAPTER THREE 12

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 12

3.0 INTRODUCTION 12

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 12

3.2 TARGET POPULATION 12

3.3 SAMPLE SIZE 13

3.4 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 13

3.4.1 QUESTIONNAIRE GUIDE 13

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3.4.2 INTERVIEW SC~EDU~E . 13

314.3 OBSERVATION 14

3.4.4 DATA ANALYSIS METHOD 14

3.5 CONCLUSION 14

CHAPTER FOUR 15

DATA ANALYSIS INTERPRETING AND FINDINGS 15

4.0 INTRODUCTION 15

4.1 POOR PUBLIC RELATIONS 16

4.2 POOR SCHOOL NUTRITION 17

4.3 PEER PRESSURE 19

~ DRUGS AND ABUSE OF SUBSTANCE 20

4.5 BAD EXAMPLES AMONG LEADERS 21

4.6 POOR METHODS OF TEACHING 23

4.7 EXAMINATION PHOBIA 24

4.8 CONCLUSION 25

CHAPTER FIVE 26

SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 26

5.0 INTRODUCTION 26

5.1 SUMMARY 26

5~2 VALUES THAT UNDERSCORE PRESENT UGANDAN SCHOOL SYSTEM 28

5.2.1 COMPETITION 28

5.2.2 INEQUALITY 29

5.2.3 DECONTEXTUALIZATION 30

5.2.4 VALUE DRIVEN EDUCATION 30

5.3 RECOMMENDATION OF tHE STUDY 31

5.4 CONCLUSION 32

5.5 AREAS FOR FURTHER STUDY 33

BIBLIOGRAPHY 34

APPENDIX A 35

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LETTER OF INTRODUCTION .35

APPENDIX B 36

~~UESTIONNAIRE GUIDE 36