ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled “Information and Communications Technology and quality of Education in Rwanda”. It is presented as a result of a research that was carried out in selected secondary schools in Nyamagabe district, Rwanda. The study was carried out based on four specific objectives, namely: to find out the demographic characteristics of the respondents; to identify the level of ICT in secondary schools in Nyamagabe district; to examine the level of quality of education in se...
ABSTRACT The study entitled “Parents’ Involvement and Teachers’ responsiveness in Selected Primary Schools in Mbooni District-Kenya sought to respond to the purpose of the study: To test the hypothesis of no significant relationship between the Parents’ Involvement and Teachers’ responsiveness; to validate the educational system theory; to contribute to the world of knowledge by coming up with new knowledge on Parents’ Involvement and Teachers’ responsiveness. The study also mat...
ABSTRACT This study focused on Foster Children and academic performance in selected Primary Schools of Save Our Souls (SOS) Children’s Villages Rwanda. The study was guided by the following objectives: (1) to find out the profile of respondents in terms of age and gender; (2) to determine the category of SOS foster children; (3) to determine the level of academic performance of SOS foster pupils and pupils in general population; (4) to establish the significant difference between SOS foster...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the contributing factors to academic performance of the students in Nambale division of Busia district, Kenya with specific objectives to: examine the impact of parent’s level of income and academic performance of the learners; establish the relationship between teachers teaching experience and learners academic performance and to establish the relationship between parents level of income and academic performance of the learners establish as well as determinin...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the relationship between English language policy implementation and teachers’ effectiveness in Rwanda in particular reference to Rulindo District. In order to achieve the research purpose, four research objectives were formulated and these included: to find out how English language policy is being implemented; to determine level of teachers’ effectiveness; to establish significant difference in: (a) English language policy implementation be...
ABSTRACT The study was about head Teachers’ leadership behavior and commitment of teachers in selected secondary schools of Gisagara District, Rwanda. Specific objectives were: (i) identify the profile of respondents (ii) determine the degree of leadership behavior (iii) determine the level of teachers’ commitment (iv) find out the significant difference in level of commitment between male and female teachers (v) investigate the relationship between leadership behavior and teachers’ co...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine extent of poverty on academic performance of high school students in Imenti North District. This study used descriptive research to establish a causal relationship between the two variables by means of descriptive analysis. A total of 200 Students and 10 headteachers was used. The findings revealed that there is a positive relationship between parents income and academic performance of students (r = 0.155 sig. = 0.000
ABSTRACT This study focused on female genital mutilation, and its influence to girl’s participation in activities in schools at both primary and secondary school levels in Isinya district of kajiado county Kenya. The study was guided by four objectives; establishing the profile of the respondent with respect to age and class, establishing the extent of the effects of Female Genital Mutilation, establishing the level of girls’ participation in school activities, and establishing the rela...
ABSTRACT This study set out to investigate the effects of three dimensional models on the academic performance in mathematics of students in Nduluni Secondary School, Kenya. It involved all form two students in the school. The research was guided by the following questions: - what is the profile of the learners as to age, gender and previous mathematics grade? What is the mean score in the pretest and posttest for booth the experimental and control groups? Is there a significant difference ...
ABSTRACT The study was on school environment and students’ discipline in selected government secondary schools in Northern district, Zanzibar, with the following objectives: To establish the level of school environment, to asses the level of students’ discipline ; to examine the significant difference in respect to gender and age and to investigate the relationship between the two variables. The study used descriptive survey research design (cross sectional), in particular descriptive c...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to correlate parenting styles and adolescents delinquency in selected secondary schools of Rwamagana District, Rwanda. Specifically, the study wanted (1)To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender and level/year of studies, (2)To ascertain the extent of parenting styles, (3)To investigate the level of adolescents delinquency, (4)To compare the level of adolescents delinquency between male and female students, and (5) To establish th...
ABSTRACT Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the Teaching — Learning process, the topic of study, are bed partners requiring an extensive study, premised on three contexts: ICT as a pedagogical foundation, ICZT as a learning environment and ICT as a paradigm shift. The drive towards greater use of technology in education is aimed at modernizing schools and equipping the learners of today with skills that will make them able to use such technology in the workplace once they leav...
ABSTRACT The study intended to establish the relationship between Managerial Skills and Teachers’ adherence to Professional Code of Conduct among Primary Schools in Koboko District Uganda. It was guided by four objectives these include; a) To determine the demographic profile of the respondents with respect to teachers and Head teachers in terms of: Marital status, age, educational qualification, position in the school and length of experience b) To find out the level of managerial skills...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between Strengthening of Mathematics in Secondary school Education (SMASSE) and students’ performance in mathematics in selected public secondary schools in Makueni district. The study was conducted utilizing a sample drawn from 15 public secondary in Makueni district. All the 50 mathematics teachers from the schools were used in the study. The study employed a descriptive correlational research design and used questionna...
ABSTRACT The central problem of this study is that despite the critical role of teachers to teach pupils in primary schools in Bondo district Kenya, pupils still perform poorly academically. Factors which contribute to this dismissal performance has not been investigated hence hindering education development in Bondo district. The purpose of this study therefore was to investigate teaching pedagogies of pupils’ interest. The study sampled three primary schools from seventy-two primary sch...