Browsing by Author "Peter Nsiimire Mwesigye"

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    Socio-Economic Status of Parents and Academic Performance of Learners in Primary Schools in Ibanda Municipality
    (Kampala International University, 2019-11) Peter Nsiimire Mwesigye
    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 statistically significant difference in academic performance among primary school pupils of parents whose parents had secondary education and above education (p = 0.046) but not occupation of parents (p = 0.881) and income of parents (p = 0.744). From the findings, it was shown that the difference in academic performance of learners is greatly determined by education of parents as one of the proxy measures to SES and thus strategies geared towards raising education of parents such as adult learning programs are recommended in Ibanda Municipality and beyond.