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Acknowledgments

ABSTRACT

Declaration

Dedication

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CHAPTERONE 1

Introduction i

CHAPTERTWO 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.2. Parents’ Level ofEducation, influence on Students’Academic Performance 8

2,3, Parents’ economic status and Students’Academic Performance 9

2.5. Students’Academic Performance in Buyengo sub county 11

CHAPTER THREE 14

Methodology 14

CHAPTER FOUR 17

DATA ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION 17

4.1. Introduction 17

4.2. Questionnaires Return Rate 17

4.3. Background Characteristics ofthe Respondents 17

4.3.1. Respondents Distribution by Gender 17

4.3.2. Distribution of Students by Age 18

4.3.4 Teachers’ Professional Qualification 19

4.3.5 Teachers’ Working Experience 19

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4.4. School Type .20

4.5.3. Parents’ Level of Education and Students’ Academic Performance 25

CHAPTER FIVE 28

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28

5.1, Introduction 28

5.2. Summary ofthefindings 28

5.3 Conclusions ofthe study 29

5.5. Recommendation forfurther research 31

References

Appendix

Appendix

Appendix

Budget

Time flame 39

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