TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 4
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 4
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 4
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5
1.8 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 5
CHAPTER TWO 6
1.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 6
2.1 INTRODUCTION 6
2.2 OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION IN KENYA 6
2.3 GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION.7
2.3.1 the free primary Education initiative 9
2.4 COMMUNITYS ATTITUDE TOWARDS FREE PRIMARY
EDUCATION 11
ADMINISTRATION ARE FACING 13
2.6 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO PUPILS DROPPING OUT OF
SCHOOL 13
CHAPTER THREE 18
2.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18
3.1 INTRODUCTION 18
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3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN .18
3.2 TARGETED POPULATiON 18
3.3 SAMPLING METHOD 19
3.4 RESEACH INSTRUMENTS 20
3.5 DATAANALYSIS 20
3.6 RESEARCH PROCEDURE 21
CHAPTER FOUR 23
4.0 PRESENTION OF FINDINGS 23
4.1.0 INTRODUCATION 23
4.1.1 THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS FUNDING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS 23
4.1.2 COMMUNITY’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FPE 23
4.1.3 RATE OF SCHOOL DROPOUT AND RETENTION AFTER
INTRODUCTION OF FPE 25
4.1.4 CHALLENGES FACED BY TEACHERS 26
4.1.5 CHALLENGES FACED BY PUPILS 28
4.1.6 CHALLENGES FACED BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS 29
CHAPTER FIVE 32
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 32
3.0 INTRODUCTION 32
5.1 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 32
5.2 CONCLUSION 34
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 35
5.4 AREAS OF FURTHER RESEARCH 38
REFERENCES 39
APPENDIXI 41
APPENDIX 11 42
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NJERU, NYAGA "Challenges of Free Primary Education in Ugwerizone, Embu District, Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 17 Aug. 2022, https://track.afribary.com/works/challenges-of-free-primary-education-in-ugwerizone-embu-district-kenya. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
NJERU, NYAGA . "Challenges of Free Primary Education in Ugwerizone, Embu District, Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 17 Aug. 2022. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/challenges-of-free-primary-education-in-ugwerizone-embu-district-kenya >.
NJERU, NYAGA . "Challenges of Free Primary Education in Ugwerizone, Embu District, Kenya" Afribary (2022). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/challenges-of-free-primary-education-in-ugwerizone-embu-district-kenya