| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the relationship between household background
characteristics and asset portfolios (capital) on students' academic performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Baringo County. The study covered
students who sat for KCPE in the year 2012. The study was based on one general
objective and two specific objectives namely: to investigate the effect of household
asset portfolio on student academic achievement in Kenya Certificate of Primary
Education (KCPE); to investigate the household background characteristics of the
form one students and how they influence student's achievement in KCPE; and to
find out how do household asset portfolios (capitals) affect educational achievement
of a student in KCPE
The study used an ex-post facto research design, and relied on both primary and
secondary sources of data. Data was collected from form one students' in Baringo
County using systematic random sampling to select student's from each school to
respond to the questionnaires. The data collected was analyzed using Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study too used cross tabulation and Chi
square tests to establish relationship between household asset portfolios (capital)
and students' academic performance variables. The relationship was tested at 0.005
level of significance.
The study found that not all household asset portfolios (capital) affect students'
academic performance in KCPE But some assets more than others have high
correlation with academic performance i.e. physical and human capital were highly
correlated to high performance than natural and social capital. This could be due to
the fact that natural and social capitals are difficult to maintain and manage. The
study also found out that household background characteristics have a far reaching
effect on student's academic performance in KCPE.It influences performance either
way positive or negative. Through this finding, the study concluded that the higher
the asset portfolio of a household, the higher the performance of a student in KCPE and vice versa. | en_US |
