Factors Influencing The Academic Performance Of Girls In Secondary Schools: A Case Of Embakasi District, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Date
2013Author
Kimondo, Margaret W
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The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the academic
performance of girls within Nairobi County, Embakasi District. Despite the fact that girls
in Nairobi are doing better than those in other counties their performance is not as good
as that of boys thus the need to explore the factors influencing their performance so that
there is gender streamlining in the K.C.S.E results achieved yearly.The researcher has
identified factors that affect the academic performance of girls. They include cultural
factors, availability of mentors, sexuality and family background.The research design
that was employed in the study was descriptive survey research which is a method of
collecting information by interviewing or administering questionnaires and observation
guides. It also incorporated both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data. . The target
population consists of 331 female students as well as 148 teachers within Embakasi
District both private and public schools. The questionnaires were dropped in fifteen
schools and three research assistants administered the questionnaires. Each research
assistant was covering five schools. The DEO’s office provided the researcher with
documents for analysis. The data coded was later analyzed through SPSS and
percentages obtained were used to examine how the mentioned variables influence the
academic performance of the girls. The findings of the study were that the girl child’s
academic performance in Embakasi is influenced by cultural factors, availability of
mentors, sexuality and family background. The study therefore recommends that the
society should be enlightened on the need of educating the girlchild; the society should
ensure that they are good role models to the girls. The parents should ensure that they are
keen on what their children are watching and reading as it has great influence on their
personality/ shaping of their character. The government and the society should take
issues of sexual harassments among the girl child seriously and punish the perpetrators
heavily to reduce the incidences, the parents should also practice family planning so that
they are able to provide for their children this will reduce the rate of child labor and
facilitate the parents in providing their children with the appropriate learning
environment they require to enablethem perform in schools. The study has also
suggested other areas of studies which are: factors affecting the academic performance
of girls in other counties, factors examining how availability of role models influences
performance either negatively or positively and how sexuality influences performance of
both girls and boys
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Kimondo,M.W.,2013.Factors Influencing The Academic Performance Of Girls In Secondary Schools: A Case Of Embakasi District, Nairobi County, Kenya.Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Education and External Studies
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