Effect Of Hiv/aids On Academic Performance Of Pre-school Children In Kijabe Mission Centre, Kijabe Location, Kiambu County, Kenya

Abstract

The effect of HIV/AIDS of pre-school children in Kijabe Mission Centre, Kijabe location, Kiambu County, Kenya. The research adopted a case study design targeting a population of 90 children, 18 parents and 15 teachers. The Centre has three pre-schools both public and private. The researcher employed purposive sampling technique. The data was then analyzed using percentages, pie charts, tables, bar graphs and frequency distribution techniques using SPSS Version 16. The study established that children living with HIV/AIDS have challenges ranging from absenteeism occasioned by their attendance to medical care as well as caring for their aging and ailing parents. This eventually forces them to drop out of school when their parents die. The study recommends that children living with HIV/AIDS should be supported by the government through provision of free pre-school education to ease the burden on parents. Child headed families should be eradicated by identifying orphans and initiating consultation development funds to help them with bursaries to eradicate poverty