Family Background and School Attendance Towards Academic Achievement Secondary School of Homa-Bay County Kenya

ABSTARCT

This study investigated impact of family background and school attendance on academic performance , the general objective of this study was to identify how family background and school attendance effect academic performance in secondary school of Kenya, The specific

objectives of this study were to:- examine the relationship between family background and academic achievement of students, establish the relationship between nutrition/illness and student’s performance, analyse the effect of school attendance on academic achievements of

students. The research design of this study employed descriptive survey design which aided in generation of numerical and qualitative data. The target population was 8000 students and 200 teachers. the sample size of the study consisted of 100 of respondents and the sampling

procedure of this study was purposive random sampling techniques. The research instruments used collected data were questionnaire, interview and observation. The validity and reliability of the research instruments was proved by expert. The findings of the study revealed that

family background, school attendance, child health and nutrition all have contributed greatly in the academic performance of students.

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PACE

JULY2012

APPROVAL II

DECLARATION III

DEDICATION iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENT V

TABLE OF CONTENT Vi

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS x

ABSTARCT

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 2

1.3 Objective of the study 2

1.3.1 General objective 2

1.3.2 Specific objectives 3

1.4 Research questions 3

1,5 Scope of the study 3

1.6 Significance of the study 3

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.1 CHAPTER OVERVIEW 5

Review of the related literature 5

2.1 Significance of education to economic growth of a society 8

2.2. Effects of family background and academic performance 9

2.2 School attendance and academic performance 10

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2.3 How nutrition affect academic achievement 11

2.4 Some remedies that has been proposed by various scholars 13

CHAPTER THREE 15

METHODOLOGY 15

3.0 Introduction 15

3.1 Research design 15

3.2 Target population 15

3.3 Sample size 15

3.4 Sampling procedure 15

3.5 Research instrument 16

3.6 Reliability and Validity of data 16

3.7 Research procedure 17

3.8 Data analysis 17

CHAPTER FOUR 18

DATA AN~LYSlS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 18

4.0 Introduction 18

4.1 Shows the sex, age, educational background, occupation and population o~the respondents for

both male and female 18

4.2 Family background and academic achievement of students 21

4.3 Nutrition and student’s academic performance 24

4.4 School attendance and academic performance 25

CHAPTER FIVE 28

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28

5.0 Introduction 28

5.1 Summary 28

5.2 Conclusions 29

5.3 Recommendations 29

5.4 Areas for Further Research 30

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References.31

APPENIDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE 34

QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE TEACHERS 34

APPENIDIXA: QUESTIONNAIRE 37

QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE STUDENTS 3