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This study investigated impact of family background and school attendance on academic performance , the general objective of this study was to identify how family background and school attendance effect academic performance in secondary school of Kenya, The specific
objectives of this study were to:- examine the relationship between family background and academic achievement of students, establish the relationship between nutrition/illness and student’s performance, analyse the effect of school attendance on academic achievements of
students. The research design of this study employed descriptive survey design which aided in generation of numerical and qualitative data. The target population was 8000 students and 200 teachers. the sample size of the study consisted of 100 of respondents and the sampling
procedure of this study was purposive random sampling techniques. The research instruments used collected data were questionnaire, interview and observation. The validity and reliability of the research instruments was proved by expert. The findings of the study revealed that
family background, school attendance, child health and nutrition all have contributed greatly in the academic performance of students.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PACE
JULY2012
APPROVAL II
DECLARATION III
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT V
TABLE OF CONTENT Vi
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS x
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CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 2
1.3 Objective of the study 2
1.3.1 General objective 2
1.3.2 Specific objectives 3
1.4 Research questions 3
1,5 Scope of the study 3
1.6 Significance of the study 3
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 CHAPTER OVERVIEW 5
Review of the related literature 5
2.1 Significance of education to economic growth of a society 8
2.2. Effects of family background and academic performance 9
2.2 School attendance and academic performance 10
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2.3 How nutrition affect academic achievement 11
2.4 Some remedies that has been proposed by various scholars 13
CHAPTER THREE 15
METHODOLOGY 15
3.0 Introduction 15
3.1 Research design 15
3.2 Target population 15
3.3 Sample size 15
3.4 Sampling procedure 15
3.5 Research instrument 16
3.6 Reliability and Validity of data 16
3.7 Research procedure 17
3.8 Data analysis 17
CHAPTER FOUR 18
DATA AN~LYSlS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 18
4.0 Introduction 18
4.1 Shows the sex, age, educational background, occupation and population o~the respondents for
both male and female 18
4.2 Family background and academic achievement of students 21
4.3 Nutrition and student’s academic performance 24
4.4 School attendance and academic performance 25
CHAPTER FIVE 28
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28
5.0 Introduction 28
5.1 Summary 28
5.2 Conclusions 29
5.3 Recommendations 29
5.4 Areas for Further Research 30
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References.31
APPENIDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE 34
QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE TEACHERS 34
APPENIDIXA: QUESTIONNAIRE 37
QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE STUDENTS 3