Family Roles And Academic Performance Of Girls In Selected Secondary Schools In Bungoma District

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out under the title Family Roles and Academic Performance

of Girls in Selected Secondary Schools in Bungoma District. It was set to establish

the causes of dessirnal performance of girls in secondary schools and find possible

solutions to the problem.

The study followed a descriptive research design where both qualitative and

quantitative research design was adopted. The quantitative techniques were used

in collecting and analysing data from teachers and students. Three tools were

employed to gather data; Observation, interview schedules and questionnaires.

The qualitative technique on the other hand was used to assess factors affecting

students academic performance in respect to attitudes towards school and studies

for both girls as well as teachers.

Through the research done in eight schools randomly selected in the division of

Kimilili, data collected in form of interview schedules observation and

questionnaires, the following factors emerge as responsible for the poor

performance of girls in Kimilili division; work schedule 25 percent, home

environment 31.24 percent, resource endowment 6.24 percent and school

environment was 6.24 percent.

The solutions and recommendations were made to be used by the policy makers

to ensure that they consider such factors before policies are made, administration

for the discipline of the schOol and to have programmes to rehabilitate affected

students, the data will be of use to parents such that they will discover that they

have a part to play in the education of their children apart from fees payments to

the researcher in the field related to this one it will be useful information. This will

ensure the girls are given equal opportunities in secondary and further in

institutions of higher learning to access education to empower them economically

to reduce educational wastage.

The solutions and recommendations were made to be used by the policy makers

to ensure that they consider such factors before policies are made, administrators for the discipline of the school and to have programmes to rehabilitate affected

students, parents would discover that they have a part to play in the education of their girls apart from fees payment and the researchers in the field related to

these ones, it will be useful information. This will ensure that girls are given equal opportunities in secondary and further institutions of higher learning to access education to empower them economically to reduce education wastage.