| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-economic factors
influencing students’ access to secondary education in Rongo district.
Specifically the study sought to establish the extent to which tuition fees
charged influence students access to secondary school education, other
objectives were to examine the influence of size of household on students
access to secondary school education, to determine the influence of child
labour on students access to secondary education and to examine how the level
of income of the parents affect students’ access to secondary education.
The researcher employed descriptive study design and data presented in form
of frequency distribution tables, graphs and pie charts that facilitated
description and explanations of the study findings. Target population of 15
secondary schools, 245 teachers, 15 head teachers and 2,500 students in
Rongo district. The primary research instruments of this study were
questionnaires and interview schedules. Questionnaires for students and
teachers and interview schedule for head teachers.
The study findings indicate that some of the socio-economic factors that had
the highest effects in access of students in secondary school education include
size of the family, income of parents, child labour and tuition fee. The study
found out that socio-economic factors were major causes of low access of
secondary school students in secondary education. Also the findings revealed
other home based factors as HIV/AIDS, parental level of education school also
affected access of students in secondary school tire. | en_US |
