Factors Causing Low Academic Performance of Female Students in Pastoral Community. A Case of Itilima District, Simiyu Region.

Ngonyani, Valeria (2020) Factors Causing Low Academic Performance of Female Students in Pastoral Community. A Case of Itilima District, Simiyu Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was based on Factors Causing Low Academic Performance Among Female Students in Pastoral Community in Itilima Simiyu, Tanzania under four specific objectives namely, to asses socio-economic factors contributing to poor performance of female students among selected schools in Itilima district, to assess the environmental factors that hinder academic performance of female students in Itilima district, to assess the school based factors contributing to poor academic performance in Itilima district and to assess strategies to improve academic performance among girls in pastoralist society in Itilima district. The study adopted survey research design. Interview, questionnaire, FGD and documents were used. The study indicated that socio-economic (girls are source of income, being taken to do paid work, less opportunity compared to boys, doing cultivation and businesses);environmental (girls work over long distance to attend school 5 to10 km, early marriage and no electricity); and some of school based (bullying girls, teacher negative assumption that girls are weak, teachers doing affairs with girls and unsupportive school system) were factors contributed to low academic performance of female students in Itilima district. Strategies to improve girls education were (hostels approach, free towel to gilrs, stopping bad culture of assuming girls are source of welth and strict laws to protect girl child). Recommendations were: The community should be sensitized on the importance of educating their children particularly pastoral community, the government and NGO’s should provide adult education to these community. Keywords: Low Academic Performance, Female Students, Pastoral Community, Itilima Simiyu

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: 300 Social Sciences > 370 Education
Divisions: Faculty of Education > Department of Policy Planning and Administration
Depositing User: Mr Habibu Kazimzuri
Date Deposited: 04 May 2021 10:10
Last Modified: 04 May 2021 10:10
URI: http://repository.out.ac.tz/id/eprint/2841

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