ABSTRACT
I The study looked at assessing the perfor111ance of girl child education in selected pri111ar) schools in Matungu Division. Matungu District. Kenva. ' '-' .... ., There are direct and opportunity costs of education which has strong negative effects on fe111ale educational 'opportunities. The purpose of this study was to assess the factors influencing perfor111rn1ce or girl child educatiop in relation 1,o access. participation and co111pleqo11 rates in Matungu Division. Matungu District. The study sought to bring out the current state of knowledge on the socio-econo111ic. socio-cultural. school and political factors influencing re111ale participation in education. The study adopted a survey rJsearch 111ethod. The sa111ple included a 25 head teachers and 150 students. The researcher used questionnaires to collect data. Both qualitatiw anal)SCS descriptive statistics involving tabulations. graphs and percentages was used to anal)ZC the data. The l111dings were presented in terms of tables and charts and discussions of the findings after every piftorial presentation. A surrnary, conclqsion and rccomrncndatinns with su9 gestion for f'urther diagnostic research were 111ade.