Impact Of Financial Resources On Academic Performance Of Students In Secondary Schools Within Mandera Central, North Eastern Kenya

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out within Mandera Central which is located in Nairobi

North - district of Kenya. To come up with this study, the researcher had to be

driven by the cardinal (general) objective formulated prior to data gathering and

this had been stated as: This study is intended to investigate the influence of

financial resources on the academic performance of students in secondary

schools within Mandera Central in North Eastern Kenya. It is from such an

objective that the researcher generated the general research question and this

aimed at realizing the intentions of the study.

The study employed a descriptive survey design since the whole study was

about explaining a scenario or an event. The findings from the study revealed

that inadequate financial resources, low student-teacher ratio, poor structures in

schools and inadequate teaching learning aids among others were a major

impediment to the progress of learners in schools and hence affecting their

performance. Measures suggested to address such a problem included;

provision of more learning aids and improvement on school structures, increasing

teachers' salaries and granting more teachers to schools that are lacking staff- all

of which necessitated increased government funding.

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