Pupil, Age and Academic Performance in Pre-School. A Case Study of Jonglei State, Bor County

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration ..... ... ...... .. ....... ... ......... ... .... ............. ....... ......... ............................................... .. i

Appro val ............................... .................................................... ................. .......... ............. ii

Dedi cation ........ ........ .. ........ ......................................................... ......... ....... ............ ......... . iii

Ac knowledgn1ent ....... .. ........ ..... .......... .. .. .. ........ ................................................................ iv

Table of contents ....................... ... ..................................................................................... v

Abstract .... ................. .... .......... ... ........ ........................................................................ ............ . viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduc tion .................... .. ..................................................................... ..... .............. ... 1

1.1 Background of the study ..... .. .......... ........................................... ......... ........ ................ 2

l.2 Staten1ent of the problem ............................................................................................ 3

1.3 Objectives o f the study ......... .. .... ................................ ............ ..................................... 3

1.3. 1 General Obj ectives .................... .................................................. ..... ........................ 3

1.3.2 Specific Objectives .................... .................... ........................................................... 4

1.4Scope of the study ........................................................................... ............................ . 4

1.5 S ignifi ca nce of the study ................................. .. ......... ............ .. .... .. ....... .. ...... .. .. ...... .... 5

l.6 Antic ipated Lim i rations o f the problem ................................. ...... .......... .. ...... ... .......... 6

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................. 7

2.0 Introd uctio n .... ......... .......... .................................. ..................... ..... ..... ...................... ... 7

2.1 Pre-schoo l and acade mic performance ....................................................................... 7

2.2 [nfl ue nce of age and sc hooli ng ...... ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. .. ...... .... ...... .. ...... .. ....... ........ .......... 9

2.3 School read iness and ski ll development .. .......................................... ...... ...... .......... ... 10

2.4 Pre-school failures indicators ... .... ... ...... .. ............... ................................. .................... 12

2.5 Parenta l involvement .. .. ... .... .. .. ....... .. ............................ .... .. ........... ............................. 13

2 .6 Parents as partners with school ............... ..... ............ ...................... ....... ......... ............. 15

2.7 Effec ts of patern al invo lvement in ed ucation .. .... ............. ...................... .................... 16

2.8 Pre-sc hool te ache r involvement ......... ..... ........................................ ....... ...... .. ........ ..... 17

2.9 Sumn1ary .... ............ .......... ...... ........ .. ............................................................. ............. 19

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CHAPTER THREE

METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 20

3.0 Introduction ...... ........................................................................................................... 20

3. 1 Research design ........................ .................................................................................. 20

3.2 Area and population of study ...................................................................................... 20

3.3 Satnple Framework ..................................................................................................... 21

3.3.1 Sc11nple size ............................................................................................................... 21

3.3.2 Sc11npLe technique ..................................................................................................... 21

3.3.3 ScunpLe procedure .................................................. .................................................. 22

3.4 Methods of dala coll ection .. ... ........... .... ...................................................................... 22

3.4.1 fn stnunents .................................................................... ........................................... 22

3.5 Sources of data ........... ................................................................................................. 23

3.6 Data processing .. ...... .......................................................................... ....... ........... ....... 23

3.7 Data anal ysis ................. ................. .............. .... ........ .. ..... ........... ........ .......... ...... .. .... ... 23

3.8 Ethi cal considerati on ................................................................. ... ............................... 24

CHAPTER FOUR

FINDINGS, DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ..................................... 25

4.0 Introduction .......... .... .. ...... ... ...... .. ......... ... ................ .. ......... ......................................... 25

4.1 School readiness acti vities .............. ............................................................................ 25

4.2 Parent school interactions ........................................................................................... 27

4.3 Child age performance barriers ................................................................................... 28

4.4 Pre-school acti vities analysis .................................................................................... .. 29

4 .5 Factors enhancing pre-school pupil performance ................................................ .... .. . 30

4.6 Pupi ls requirements fulfillments ................................................................................. 32

4.7 conc lusion ........................ ................... ................. .. ....... ......... .. ............. .................. ... . 33

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CHAPTER FIVE

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................... 34

5.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 34

5.1 Discussions

5.2 Recommendations ........................... ............................................................................ 36

5.3 Conclusions ................................................................................................................ .

REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 38

APPENDICES ................................................................................................................. 39

APPENDIX A: Research Questions: (General Public) ............................................... 39

APPENDIX B: Research Questions(professionals) .................................................... .41

APPENDIX C: Costs and Phases ................................................................................. .44

APPENDIX D: Time schedule ....................................................................................... 45