College of Education and External Studies (CEES)

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    Influence of Fishing Activities on Pupils’ Academic Achievement: A Case of Kagwara Landing Site, Serere District, Uganda.
    ( 2018-11-30) Esther, Apeduno
    The main purpose of the study was to establish the influence of pupils’ participation in fishing activities on academic achievement; a case of Kagwara landing site Primary Schools. The study was guided by the following research objectives: (i). To find out the fishing activities that the learners in the primary schools around Kagwara landing site are engaged in. (ii). To establish the influence of fishing activities on the learners’ school attendance in the primary schools around Kagwara landing site. (iii). To establishes the influence of fishing activities on the learners’ academic achievement in the primary schools around Kagwara landing site. A cross sectional study design was used. Both the qualitative and quantitative research approaches were also used. The sample of the study consisted of 256 pupils, 20 teachers, 8 school administrators, 36 parents and 8 community leaders. Simple random sampling, purposive and convenient sampling was done to select the respondents. Data sources used were: the self-administered questionnaires, individual interviews and document analysis (admission books and class registers). Quantitative data was analysed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 16, in particular frequency tables and Pearson’s correlation coefficients qualitative data analysed using the grounded theory. Qualitative data was also collected through key informant interviews and all the responses were noted to find the emergent themes in responses. The findings of this study showed that some of the learners were engaged in the fishing activities and they contributed to the livelihood of their families through these fishing activities. Involvement of Learners in fishing activities could not enable them to attend school regularly and hence causing gaps in their learning programs and thus poor academic achievement. The study concludes that while fishing and its related activities contributed to families’ livelihood, they negatively influence the learners’ school attendance and academic achievement. It recommends that learners do fishing activities during weekends and holidays. The school administrators and all other stake holders should co – operate to ensure that children attend school regularly and teaching and learning be carried out systematically and effectively through close support supervision.
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    An investigation of learners' academic achievement in physics in government-aided secondary schools: a case of Kira Municipality, Wakiso district in Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2023-01-12) Ntongo, Dorothy
    This study investigated learners’ academic achievement in physics through Walberg’s theory of educational productivity in government-aided secondary schools of Kira municipality, Wakiso District. The study was guided by a positivist paradigm and a cross-sectional correlational survey design. The target population included Senior Two physics learners of the two government-aided secondary schools of Kira municipality. A simple random technique was used to select a sample of 217 participants. Data from the self-administered questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics which involved the use of percentages and mean scores of numerical variables to summarize data and inferential statistics which involved Kar Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient for the bi-variate to test the hypotheses and simple linear regression for the multivariate to establish the effect of the variables in percentage. Findings indicated that there was a very weak positive relationship between learners’ aptitude, learning environment, and their academic achievement in physics with r-coefficients of 0.141and 0.139 respectively. On the other hand, there was a negative relationship between teachers’ instruction and learners’ academic achievement in physics with r-coefficient of -0.084 which implied that teachers’ instruction affects students’ academic achievement. In a nutshell, learners’ aptitude, and learners’ learning environment affect their academic achievement positively while teachers’ instruction affects it negatively. The study recommended that school management and teachers should be encouraged to motivate learners through bursaries, gifts, and praising the disciplined ones in the process of teaching and learning. Furthermore, it calls upon teachers to improve their relationships with learners, especially those with different communication and learning preferences. More on to that, school management should organize parents’ meetings to sensitize them on how to create a conducive learning environment at home as teachers also create the same in classrooms and at school. Keywords: Academic achievement, Government-aided, Physics, Uganda.