DECLARATION ............................................................................................................... i
APPROVAl ..................................................................................................................... .ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... v
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................... I
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the study ...................................................................................... 1
1.2 Statement of the problem .................................................................................... 2
1.3 Purpose of the study ............................................................................................. 2
1.4 Objectives of the study ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.4.1 General objective ............................................................................................... 3
1.4.2 Specific objectives will be to; ..... , ..................................................................... 3
1.5 Research questions ............................................................................................... 3
1.6 Scope of the study ................................................................................................. 3
1. 7 Significance of the study ...................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................. 5
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ............................................................................ 5
2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Definitive review of poverty ................................................................................. s
2.2 Causes of poverty in ............................................................................................. 6
2.3 Effects of poverty on provision of quality education .......................................... 7
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THREE ........ · ......... , .................... ·.,. -................................. : ...... .- ................... 8
METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 9
3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Research design .................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Study population ................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Sample frame work ............................................................................................... 9
3.3.1 Sample size ......................................................................................................... 9
3.3.2 Sample techniques ........................................................................................... IO
3.3.3 Sample procedure ............................................................................................. 10
3 .4 Methods for data collection ................................................................................ 1 o
3.4.1 Instruments ...................................................................................................... 10
3.4.2 Sources of data ................................................................................................ 10
3.5 Data processing and analysis ............................................................................. 11
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................. 12
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS AND THEIR FINDINGS ................................................ 12
4.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Profile of respondents ......................................................................................... 12
4.2 Effects of poverty on the academic performance of students ........................ 13
4.3 Limited provision of school facilities, equipment and materials ...................... 14
4.4 Less staff development and training opportunities .......................................... 16
4.5 Poor nutrition, feeding habits and poor health among students in schools .. 18
4.6 Increase school dropout ...................................................................................... 20
4.6 Exposure of students and staff to indiscipline .................................................. 21
CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................ 23
SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS .......................................... 23
5.1 Summary .............................................................................................................. 23
5.2 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Poverty has been the hardest challenge facing human life from time immemorial. It has contributed to low social-economic states in society and has brought absent difficult circumstance that face learners today. It has negatively affected all people regardless of age, culture, race, religion and other factors. On overview of some facts about poverty in the world of South Africa the black Americans suffered untold miseries ranging from diseases, poverty, denial of education, forced labour and denial of other essential services due to racial segregation by the white colonialist. This has lowered Africans, social economic position. In America black Americans as a result of racial discrimination by whites, they were reduced to beggars who languished in poverty by being denied some of the important resources. This has negatively !ed to poor social economic situation in America. The law social economic level may have originated from the negative factors that resulted from colonization which the British colonialist set foot in the 19th century. Some changes were negative and others were positive. Some of the negative changes that the British colonialists brought were the issue of formal education, where the Africans were denied and later they were given basic education to enable them concentrate on agriculture. The whites were trained for white collar job.