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Counseling services and primary school dropout among children living with disabilities in Bardege division of Gulu city,Northern Uganda.

2023-03-07T13:01:58Z

Title: Counseling services and primary school dropout among children living with disabilities in Bardege division of Gulu city,Northern Uganda. Authors: Nyeko, Robert Abstract: This study aimed at assessing the influence of counselling services in reducing Primary School dropout among children living with disabilities in Bardege Division of Gulu City in Northern Uganda. The study objectives were;- To determine the ways by which counselling services integrate children living with disabilities in schools. To examine the ways counselling services improve the discipline of children living with disabilities. And to evaluate how counseling services improve academic performance among children living with disabilities. Descriptive survey study design was used with a sample of 100 participants, The study was conducted between September and October 2021 and covered a period of 7 years that is (2013- 2019). The study found out that counselling services integrate learners with disabilities in schools as agreed by 94% of respondents, improve their good discipline as agreed by 95% of the respondents and help them improve academically as agreed by 87% of the respondents, Jennie (2019) indicates that through counselling services children living with disabilities are assisted to be discipline and able to deal with challenges and realities they face in their academic, social and physical environment. Because of all this, the study concluded that counselling services help to fight and minimize primary school dropout among children living with disabilities. Basing on the findings, the researcher recommended that:- Counselling services in schools should comprise of group and peer counselling sessions. This will help to make children living with disabilities to associate and interact with their fellows and peer school counsellors to enhance their full integration into school system. Teacher/peer counsellors should always reemphasize and remind children living with disabilities about school rules and regulations during counselling process. This will guide such children to improve on their discipline. Teacher counsellors should use counselling opportunities to give homework activities and assignments in relations to specific learning areas to learners living with disabilities. The idea is to allow such children exploit their intellectual abilities and get interested in learning.

Student-centered teaching approaches and learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi town council, Wakiso district

2023-03-07T12:51:44Z

Title: Student-centered teaching approaches and learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi town council, Wakiso district Authors: Mugisha, Alex Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of student centered teaching approach on learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi Town Council Wakiso District. The objectives were: To find out the effect of assessment tests on learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi Town Council Wakiso District; To examine the impact of class control on learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi Town Council Wakiso District; and To establish the relationship between class participation and learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi Town Council Wakiso District. The study was inspired by the Iceberg theory and adopted a cross-sectional research design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study found out that the effect of assessment tests on learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi town council Wakiso district, the study found out that: the coefficient of determination (r square) = 0.145 implied that 14.5% of the variance in the learners’ academic performance in the studied schools is explained by the assessment teste given to students; the impact of class control on learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi town council Wakiso district, the study found out that: the correlation coefficient (r= .287, p <0.01) shows that there is a positive but weak statistically significant relationship between class control and learners’ academic performance implying that with improved class control by teachers, students’ academic performance will improve that teachers have customized teaching class control techniques individually in relation to what does best for who; and the relationship between class participation and learners’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Katabi town council Wakiso district, the study found out that: the correlation coefficient (r= .780, p <0.01) shows that there is a positive and very strong statistically significant relationship between class participation and learners’ academic performance which implies that whenever class participation is enhanced in a classroom setting, students’ academic performance will strongly improve. The study concluded that assessment tests are a form of empowerment to students by teachers and should administrators through which by feedback from teachers and other students they can gauge their academic status and pave ways to increase and improve their performance through their own motivation; that class control basically contributes to learners’ academic performance indirectly since it is based on the assumption that the discipline of learners in a classroom setting determines their general discipline and consequently their hard work and systemic efforts to increasing their academic performance; and that class participation of students is the most critical of all aspects investigated that enhances learning academic performance because all factor remaining the same, the study showed that the more students participate in the class the more they are likely to excel in their academic grades. The study recommends that although schools have policies the given and direct assessment tests, school administrators should regulate these assessment tests to cater for the timely completion of syllabus and to avoid the tests’ monotony to the students; that school administrators and teachers should occasionally carry out seminars and general counseling sessions through which students will consistently be told of their need for proper conduct and discipline in life and how this can directly or indirectly account for their academic performance; that activities such as interschool and interclass stream seminars and discussions be put in place so that as learners are engaged more and more so that their participation is not mere limited to their own classrooms but expand their scope to other settings and environments.

Motivation and teachers’ classroom performance in selected secondary schools in Lira city west, Lira city, Uganda

2023-03-07T12:49:26Z

Title: Motivation and teachers’ classroom performance in selected secondary schools in Lira city west, Lira city, Uganda Authors: Atala, Agnes Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of motivation on teachers’ performance in selected secondary schools in Lira City West-Lira City, Uganda. Three research objectives were used and these were; 1. To find out the effect of salary payment on teachers’ performance in selected secondary schools in Lira City West-Lira City, Uganda. 2. To investigate how staff welfare affect teachers’ performance in selected secondary schools in Lira City West- Lira City, Uganda. 3. To establish the importance of promotion on teacher’s performance in selected secondary schools in Lira City West, Uganda. The study adapted a co-relation and cross-sectional survey research design. Two hundred and fifty respondents constituted a sample of the study. These included headteachers, teachers, and students. The researcher used two instruments. These included questionnaires, and interviews. The result revealed that, there was positive significant relationship between motivation and teachers’ performance, positive significant relationship the various types of motivation given to teachers and their performance, a positive relationship between staff welfare and teachers’ performance in secondary schools and a positive relationship between promotion of teachers and their performance in secondary schools. Of all the above variables, teachers’ salary payments have the highest impact on teachers’ performance followed by welfare and lastly, promotion of teachers. The conclusion of the study was that, there was a significant impact among variables of the study with motivation and teachers’ performance. The recommendations were therefore made focusing mainly on the need to improve on teachers’ motivation through increment on salary payment in order to improve teachers’ performance in schools in Lira City West, Lira City-Uganda.

English language proficiency and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools In Kwania district, Uganda.

2023-03-07T12:46:55Z

Title: English language proficiency and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools In Kwania district, Uganda. Authors: Achiro, Jeremina Sr Abstract: This study focused on English language proficiency and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Kwania District, Uganda. It sought to find out the effect of English language fluency on students’ academic performance, the contribution of reading skills to students’ academic performance, and to establish the relationship between written English language and students’ academic performance in selected secondary schools in Kwania District. A sample of 132 was selected to participate in the study. The instruments which were used included questionnaires and interview guides. The study found out that English fluency has an effect on students’ academic performance (67.3%). Reading skills have contribution to students’ academic performance (79.2%). There was a statistically significant and high positive correlation between written English and students’ performance (r=0.723, p=0.000). The study concluded that the effect of English language fluency on students’ academic performance is critical and vital and that reading skills are related to students’ academic performance. The Government of Uganda the through Ministry of Education seems to have failed to promote English language proficiency amongst learners in Kwania District. The study recommended that Government should come up with strategies to promote English language usage amongst learners to enhance communication; that educational stakeholders should encourage reading skills in schools as one of the ways of promoting students’ academic performance. Teachers and students should be advised by the relevant authorities to organize competitions such as inter-school debates on various topics, writing compositions, and writing skills amongst others so as to foster students’ academic performance.