TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......••••~ iv
ABSTRACT v
DEFIN~QN AND MEANING OF TERMS USED /INVOLVED~ vi
LIST OF TABLES x
LIST OF xi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
LO Introduction I
1.1 Background of the study 1
L2 Problem statement 2
1.3. The objectives of the study 3
1.3.1 The main objective of the study 3
1.4 Research questions 3
1.5 Scope of the research 4
1.5.1 Subject scope 4
1.5.2 Time scope 4
1.5.3 Geographical scope 4
1.6 Significance of the study 5
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7
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2.0 Introduction 7
2.1 Cause of late payment of schools fees in institutions (secondary schools)................ 7
2.2 Effects of late payment of school fees on functioning of institution 9
2.3 Possible solutions to the problem of late payment of school fees in secondary
schools 11
3.0 Introduction 13
3.1 Research design 13
3.2 Population of the study 13
3.3 Choice of schools 14
3.4 Data collection instruments 14
3.5.1 Questionnaires 15
3.5.2 Observation 15
3.5.3 Oral interviews 15
3.6 Data analysis 16
3.7 Limitations of the study 16
CHAPTER FOUR: INTERPRETATION, ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA
17
4,0 Introduction 17
4.1 Presentation of data collected using questionnaires 17
4.2 Causes of late payment of school fees in secondary schools 19
4.3 Presentation of data collected through interviews 21
Table 3: 4.3 Showing whether late payments of school fees has negative implication on
the operation of schools 21
4.4 Parents’ ability to pay school fees 22
Table 4: 4.4 Showing parents’ ability to pay school fees 23
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATION 24
5.0 Introduction 24
5.1 Summary of findings 24
5.2 Conclusion 26
5.3 Recommendations 27
VII I
APPENDICES 31
APPENDIX: I 31
QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE ADMINISTERED TO PARENTS 31
ABSTRACT This is a final year dissertation for a student pursuing Bachelor of Science with Education at Kampala International University researching on “Parents’ Late Payment Of School Fees And Its Implication To The Operation Of Secondary Schools.” The report entails five chapters, reflecting the order in which they were carried out. Chapter one presents a detailed introduction of the proposed research that was considered. It highlights the background of the study, the problem statement, purpose of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, scope of study and the significance of the study. Chapter two is the Literature Review presenting information related to the research topic from various scholars. Chapter three is about the Methodology. It presents the procedures taken to achieve the desired aims and objectives. This covers the research design of the study, population of the study, choice of schools and how subjects were selected. It also describes the instruments used in investigation and how they were applied to obtain and extract the desired information from the subjects of the study. It further gives data analysis and limitations of the study. Chapter four covers Interpretation, Analysis And Presentation Of Data. Chapter five is about Summary Of Findings, Conclusions And Recommendation.