Teachers Attitudes Tow Ards The Performance Of Pupils With Learning Difficulties In Tigithi Zone, Laikipia District Rift Valley Province, Kenya.

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ................................................................................... i APPROVAL ................................................................................. ii DEDICATION ....................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................. .iv TABLE OF CONTENT ........................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................ viii LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................... ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1 l. 0 Background to the study ............................................................ 1 1.2 Statement of the problem ..................................................... .3 1.3 General objective of the study ................................................ 3 1.4 Specific objectives of the study .............................................. .3 1. 5 Research questions ................................................................. 4 1.6 Scope of the study ....................................................................... 4 I. 7 Significance of the study .................................................. 4 CHAPTER TWO ..................................................................... 6 LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................................................... 6 2.0 Overview ....................................................................................... 6 2.1 Perceptions of parents and teachers on education for the learners with difficulties in primary schools ............................. 6 2. 1.1 Attitudes of teachers and children with learning difficulties .................................. 7 2.2                                        Prevalence of children with learning difficulties .................... 7 2.3 Effects of pupils with learning difficulties and their performance ................................. 9

3 .2 Written language problems ............................... 1 O

2.3 .3 Reading problems ............................................................. 11 V CHAPTER THREE ................................................................. 12 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................. 12 3.0 Introductions ............................................................................... 12 3 .1 Research design .................................................................... 12 3.2 Area of the study ................................................................... 12 3.3 Population of the study ........................................................... 12 3 .4 Sample procedure ................................................................ 13 3.4. l Sample size ........................................................................... 13 3.5 Data collection methods ......................................................... 13 3.5.1 Interviews .................................................................................... 13 3.5.2 Observation ............................................................................. 14 3.5.3 Research instruments ............................................................ 14 3. 5 .4 Questionnaires ........................................................................ 14 3.6 Reliability and validity ................................................................ 15 3.7 Procedure for data collection .................................................. 15 3. 8 Editing and spot checking ..................................................... 16 3.8.1 Coding ....................................................................................... 16 3. 9 Data analysis ................................................................................. 16 3 .10 Limitations of the study ........................................................ 16 CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ............................................................ 17 4. 0 Introduction ............................................................................... 17 4.1 The number of pupils with learning disabilities before free primary education .......... 17                                           4.2 Are you paid from the FPE funds? ................................. 18 4.3 Problems teachers face with free primary education programm ........................................................................................... 19 4 .4 Has FPE reduced the academic standards in primary schools? ............................................................................................ 19 4.5 Problems faced by head teachers in schools under FPE in Tigithi Zone, Laikipia District ......................................................... 21 4.6 Effects ofFPE and its associated features ......................... 21  CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................ 28 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....... 28 5. 0 Introduction ............................................................................ 28 5.1 Summary .................................................................................... 28 5.2 Conclusion ................................................................................ 28 5.3 Recommendations ......................................................... 29 REFERENCES: ................................................................................. 31 QUESTIONAIRE FOR TEACHERS OF TIGITHI ZONE, LAIKIPIA DISTRICT RIFTV ALLEY PROVINCE- .......................................... 33 KENYA ..................................................................................... 33 APPEDIX I ........................................................................................ 33 APPEDIX ll ........................................................................................... .40