The Impacts of Early Marriages on Girl Child Academic Achievement. a Case Study of Lubaga Division-Kampala District by Kayezufau
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THE IMPACTS OF EARLY MARRIAGES ON GIRL CHILD ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. A CASE STUDY OF LUBAGA DIVISION-KAMPALA DISTRICT BY KAYEZUFAUSTA BAE/14024/62IDU A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF A REQUIREMENT FOR THE A WARD OF A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ARTS WITH EDUCATION OF KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. November, 2010 DECLARATION I Kayezu Fausta declare that this work is original. It has never been submitted to any academic institution for the award of a degree or any other academic award. In cases where people's work has been made use of, proper referencing has been made. For this case, I can not be shy to declare may self the author of this work. Signature ..... ~ .... ... Kayezu Fausta (Researcher) Date.P.-:-:o .l. \1 . \~~ . \ 9 .. :. ..... APPROVAL This research report has been written under the guidance, supervision, and approval of my supervisor Mrs. Deborah Taligoola. Signature ..~ ...... Mrs. Deborah Taligoola. Date ~ .\ . ~~ .\ .1.'0 ....... ...... 11 DEDICATION This work has been dedicated to my parents Mr. and Mrs. Kezironi. Also, it has been dedicated to my brother Mr. Zaverine. Finally to my friends Mr. Talemwa Abooki, Kahwa Atenyi, and Baguma Charles. 111 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing a research report is a formidable task. Luckily, I have had a lot of help from different individuals. These people can not go un acknowledged. Thanks very much to the almighty God who awarded me with wisdom, knowledge, courage, self esteem, and above all the gift of life. Indeed with God every thing is possible. Without God, no success can be made. I was fortunate enough to have a very resourceful supervisor-madam Kyaligola. She took a lot of her time to review my draft work. During the review, she detected some mistakes, and recommended some necessary corrections. Without her, this work would have been produced with a lot of errors. May the almighty God reward her abundantly. I can not forget to extend my thanks to my dear parents Mr. and Mrs. Kezironi. Writing this dissertation required a lot of financial resources. Without their support, obtaining these financial resources would have been a huddle. I pray to God to bless them for their un measurable contributions towards the success of this research. My thanks also go to the staff of Kabalega printery for rendering me with secretarial assistance. Their assistance was very much felt in typing, editing, printing, and binding this research report. May their business go concern to help students in the coming generations. Finally, I can not forget to thank my alumnus. They were very important in providing me with courage, company, and all other sorts of assistance in all my endeavors while at Kampala International University. Though their names have not been listed, they have been written in my good books. May the almighty God prepare for them life full of achievements. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................ v LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ vii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER 0 NE ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... I 1.1. Background to the study ..................................................................................................... I 1.2. Profiles of Lubaga Division ................................................................................................ 2 1.3. Problem Statement. ............................................................................................................. 3 1.4. Purpose of the study ............................................................................................................ 3 1.5. Objectives of the study ........................................................................................................ 4 1.6. Research questions .............................................................................................................. 4 I. 7. Scope of the study ............................................................................................................... 4 I. 7 .I. Geographical scope ............................................................................................................. 4 1.7.2. Content Scope ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.7.3. Time scope .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.8. Significance of the study ..................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 6 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 6 2.0. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 6 2.1. Early Marriage ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. Causes of early maniages ........................................................................................................ 6 2.3. Facts about early marriages ..................................................................................................... 8 2.4. Consequences of early marriages ............................................................................................. 8 2.5. How early maniages can be reduced ....................................................................................... 9 2.6. Girl child education in the history of Egypt, Hebrew, and Greece ........................................ 10 2.7. Girl child education achievement. ......................................................................................... II 2.8. How married students can balance school and family ........................................................... II CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 14 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 14 3.0. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 14 3.1. Research design ..................................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Population and sampling ........................................................................................................ 14 3.3. Procedures of data collection ................................................................................................. 14 3.4. Data collection ....................................................................................................................... 15 3 .4.1. Primary data ........................................................................................................................ 15 3.4.2. Secondary data .................................................................................................................... 15 v 3 .5. Tools of data collection .......................................................................................................... 15 3.5.1. Open ended questions ......................................................................................................... 16 3.5.2. Closed ended questions ....................................................................................................... 16 3.6. Data analysis .......................................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 17 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ..................................... 17 4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 17 4.1. Respondense rate analysis ...................................................................................................... 17 4.2. The magnitude of the problem of early marriages in Lubaga division .................................. 17 4.3. Causes of early maniages and how they