| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of 2007/2008 post-election violence
on academic performance of pupils in public primary schools in Kibra constituency,
Nairobi County Kenya. In particular the study sought to examine the psychological
influence of 2007/2008 post-election violence on academic performance of pupils in
Kibra constituency, the economic influence of 2007/2008 post-election violence on
pupils‟ academic performance in Kibra constituency and it also sought to establish the
social influence of 2007/2008 post-election violence on pupils‟ academic performance in
public primary schools in Kibra constituency. The Study adopted the descriptive survey
design. Literature reviewed indicated that psychological, economic and social influence
of violence had a negative influence on pupils‟ academic performance. The study
sampled four public primary schools, one hundred and ninety three pupils, twenty
parents and eight class teachers, from the sampled schools. The schools were randomly
sampled. The data collection instruments comprised of questionnaires. Data collected
was categorized, coded analyzed then tabulated. The analysis was done using statistical
package for social sciences (SPSS). Correlation analysis was used to determine whether
there was any relationship between psychological influence of violence, economic
influence of violence and social influence of violence and academic performance of
pupils in public primary schools in Kibra constituency. The decision on whether the
relationship between the dependent variables and the independent variables was
statistically significant was made at the level of significance of 0.05. The results revealed
that psychological, economic and social influence of violence negatively influenced
academic performance of the children under study. Among the respondent 88.1 percent
of pupils, 87.5 percent of teachers and 73.7 percent of parents believed that the
psychological influence of post election violence contributed towards the drop in
academic performance, 87.5 percent of teachers and 57.9 percent of parents attributed the
drop in academic performance to the economic influence of 2007/2008 post election
violence. The social influence of 2007/2008 post election violence resulted in a drop in
academic performance where 87.5 percent of teachers and 63.2 percent of parent
reported of the drop as a result of social influence of violence. It is recommended that
educators need to interpret, anticipate and develop effective school policy and programs
for optimal teaching and learning after a violent situation affecting learning, sponsors of
education should take into account educational programs which will cater for situations
under crisis and the ministry of education should make it a policy that every school
should have a guidance and counseling department where children, parents and teachers
who need support can be attended to adequately. It also recommended that a similar
study be carried out targeting public and private schools covering a wider geographical
area. | en_US |
