Parents’ Late Payment of School Fees and Its Implication to The Operation of Secondary Schools~ A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District, Central Ug

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......••••~ iv

ABSTRACT v

DEFIN~QN AND MEANING OF TERMS USED /INVOLVED~ vi

LIST OF TABLES x

LIST OF xi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

LO Introduction I

1.1 Background of the study 1

L2 Problem statement 2

1.3. The objectives of the study 3

1.3.1 The main objective of the study 3

1.4 Research questions 3

1.5 Scope of the research 4

1.5.1 Subject scope 4

1.5.2 Time scope 4

1.5.3 Geographical scope 4

1.6 Significance of the study 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7

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2.0 Introduction 7

2.1 Cause of late payment of schools fees in institutions (secondary schools)................ 7

2.2 Effects of late payment of school fees on functioning of institution 9

2.3 Possible solutions to the problem of late payment of school fees in secondary

schools 11

3.0 Introduction 13

3.1 Research design 13

3.2 Population of the study 13

3.3 Choice of schools 14

3.4 Data collection instruments 14

3.5.1 Questionnaires 15

3.5.2 Observation 15

3.5.3 Oral interviews 15

3.6 Data analysis 16

3.7 Limitations of the study 16

CHAPTER FOUR: INTERPRETATION, ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA

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4,0 Introduction 17

4.1 Presentation of data collected using questionnaires 17

4.2 Causes of late payment of school fees in secondary schools 19

4.3 Presentation of data collected through interviews 21

Table 3: 4.3 Showing whether late payments of school fees has negative implication on

the operation of schools 21

4.4 Parents’ ability to pay school fees 22

Table 4: 4.4 Showing parents’ ability to pay school fees 23

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATION 24

5.0 Introduction 24

5.1 Summary of findings 24

5.2 Conclusion 26

5.3 Recommendations 27

VII I

APPENDICES 31

APPENDIX: I 31

QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE ADMINISTERED TO PARENTS 31 

ABSTRACT This is a final year dissertation for a student pursuing Bachelor of Science with Education at Kampala International University researching on “Parents’ Late Payment Of School Fees And Its Implication To The Operation Of Secondary Schools.” The report entails five chapters, reflecting the order in which they were carried out. Chapter one presents a detailed introduction of the proposed research that was considered. It highlights the background of the study, the problem statement, purpose of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, scope of study and the significance of the study. Chapter two is the Literature Review presenting information related to the research topic from various scholars. Chapter three is about the Methodology. It presents the procedures taken to achieve the desired aims and objectives. This covers the research design of the study, population of the study, choice of schools and how subjects were selected. It also describes the instruments used in investigation and how they were applied to obtain and extract the desired information from the subjects of the study. It further gives data analysis and limitations of the study. Chapter four covers Interpretation, Analysis And Presentation Of Data. Chapter five is about Summary Of Findings, Conclusions And Recommendation.