Influence Of Provision Of Child’s Survival Rights On Students Academic Achievement In Secondary Education In Igembe South Subcounty Meru, Kenya
Abstract
The study was aimed at investigating the influence of provision of survival
rights on students’ academic achievement in secondary school education
in Igembe South Sub County. The study was based on the following
objectives: to examine the influence of food provision on student’s
academic achievement, to establish how the provision of health services in
the school affect student’s academic achievement, to determine the
influence of the availability of water on student’s academic achievement,
and to examine the influence of school uniforms on students academic
achievements in secondary schools in Igembe South Sub County. This
study is based on the principals of hierarchy of needs theory by Maslow
(1954) , which provides the relationship between provision of survival
rights and students’ academic achievements. The study was conducted
using descriptive survey research design. Target population consisted of
the 16 public secondary schools in Igembe South Sub County.16
Principals, 215 teachers, 1522 students and Sub County Education Officer
were the respondents targeted by the study. Stratified sampling technique
was used to select 65 teachers and 152 students and then survey sampling
method to select 16 principals. Questionnaires and interview schedules
were used for collecting data and were designed basing on the objectives
and by use of test-retest technique. Data was then analyzed both manually
and by use of SPSS. Thereafter, results presented mainly in frequencies
and percentages in form of tables. The research came up with the
following findings. Lack of clean water has serious effects on students’
attendance rates and academic achievements. 87.5 % of schools had piped
water as their main source of water though it was rated fair by 62.5%.
Health services were found to influence students’ academic achievements.
Results from the respondents indicated that secondary schools in Igembe
South Sub County do not have health services within the school hence
students miss classes as they seek medical attention outside the school
when never they fall sick. Basing on the findings on food provision, 33.3%
of teachers indicated that food influence academic achievements of
students in Secondary education to a great extent. Findings show that
Parents play a great role of buying uniform to students. The study arrived
at the following conclusions: Survival rights should be used as a positive
reinforcement for learners. However students should be provided with
clean water, every secondary to be provided with health services near the
school, secondary schools to implement school feeding programmes, and
each student should be provided with school uniform to foster positive
students’ outcomes. The study recommends that the school community to
support the school feeding programmes for the disadvantaged students to
remain in class, the government to provide health facilities for example
school clinics, the government to partner with NGOs to provide water
services to schools and the government to support uniform provisions to
students since uniforms foster positive academic outcomes.
Publisher
University Of Nairobi
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