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Mwesigye et al ISSN:2636-7300
Evaluation of the Learners Academic Performance according to Parents income in Primary in Ibanda Municipality Peter Nsiimire Mwesigye, Patrick Mbyemeire and Raphael Kombi Department of Educational Management of Kampala International University, Uganda. ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the difference in academic performance of learners in primary schools across socio-economic status (SES) of parents in Ibanda Municipality. Data were collected from pupils in Primary Six and Primary Seven using questionnaires while data from teachers, head teachers and parents were obtained using interview guides. Descriptive statistics including frequency counts and percentages were used to indicate the characteristics of students and SES of their parents. One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether SES of parents led differences in academic performance of learners. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in academic performance among primary school pupils of parents whose parents in relation to income of parents (p = 0.744). Keywords: academic performance, learners, primary school, income, parents INTRODUCTION Globally, academic performance of [14,15,16,17]. This has resulted to a learners in the education sector has considerable growth of educational remained a vehicle that springs up activities world over that has led social–economic development over the education sector to be one of the largest world [1]. The measure of academic in most countries [4,18,19,20]. performance as a symbol of school The Uganda Primary School Curriculum success can be traced way back from the clearly spells out what Primary Education Victorian period [2,3,4,5,6]. Since then, is [21,22]. It also spells out the broad academic performance has been used to aims and objectives of Primary grade schools and most importantly to Education. The Curriculum in both determine ones career paths [7,8,9,10]. Volume One and Volume Two was The ‘good schools’ are acclaimed to be designed to address the National Aim of those that are able groom the students Education as specifically stated in the well enough to achieve the set standards. Government White Paper on the This is measured by use of students’ Education Policy Review Commission academic performance both at school Report [5,23,24,25,26]. Therefore, all level and nationally. school efforts should be aimed at high Poor academic performance has a long quality pupils’ learning. Parents as active history in education and many stakeholders in schools should ensure researchers have delved into the various that they are cooperative, participate aspects that contribute to the situation fully in school activities, provide [11,12,13]. During the last twenty years children with essential needs, check much of the research has been aimed at pupils’ work, encourage and enforce lowering the dropout rate and closing the good behaviour among pupils and to achievement gap, especially with the No consult with school authorities to foster Child Left Behind [3] mandate. Taking the good performance of their children. importance of good academic Purpose of the Study performance of national examinations To determine whether there are globally, many governments in differences in academic performance of developing countries have been learners in primary schools across allocating much of their resources to income level of parents in Ibanda education since independence Municipality.
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