Influence of Khat Farming on Pupils' Discipline in Public Primary
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INFLUENCE OF KHAT FARMING ON PUPILS DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MUTUATI DIVISION, IGEMBE NORTH DISTRICT, KENYA Irura Agnes Kanario A Research Project submitted in partial fulfillment for the Requirements of the Award of the Degree of Master of Education in Educational Administration University of Nairobi 2013 DECLARATION This research project is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other university. Irura Agnes Kanario E5 5/73 802/2012 This research project has been submitted with our approval as University Supervisors Dr.GraceNyagah Senior Lecturer and Chairman Department of Education Administration and Planning University of Nairobi Dr. Ursulla Okoth Lecturer Department of education Administration and Planning University of Nairobi DEDICATION This work is a special dedication to my loving husband Fransisco Mwenda and to my young daughter Christabel Kendi. To my dear parents Dominic Irura and Joyce Kagwiria Irura and in memory of my late grandfather Naman M Kailibi. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to thank the Almighty God for good health, strength, protection and ability to perform even when things seemedunbearable and uncertain. I wish to acknowledge the help and encouragement I received from a number of people without whom this research work would not have been successful. I am greatly indebted to my supervisors Dr. Grace Nyagah and Dr. Ursulla Okoth. Their enabling endless support, guidance and constructive criticism, enabled me to make progress from the beginning to the completion of this project. I also acknowledge the support provided by my lecturers in the department of Educational administration and Planning at the University of Nairobi during my course work. I also wish to acknowledge my M.Ed classmates for their support and encouragementduring the course of study. My special gratitude also goes to the DC and the DEO Igembe North district for allowing me to conduct my field study. I sincerely wish to appreciate Mary Wangari and Scholar Mbinya for typesetting this document. Special gratitude goes to my loving husband Fransisco Mwenda for his unwavering support, encouragement and patience and to my young daughter Christabel Kendi who had to bear with my absence for a long time even during weekends. My heartfelt gratitude and appreciation goes to my dear parents Dominic Irura and Joyce Kagwiria for their love, support and taking me through education. I sincerely thank my father-in-law Gedeon MIkiugu and my mother- in-law Jerica MIkiugu for their prayers, support and encouragement during the study To all those who participated and supported me during the course of study, I say a BIG THANK YOU and God bless you. I praise the Almighty God through whom all things are possible. TABLE OF CONTENT Content Page Cover page. ... i Declaration . ..ii Dedication . ..iii Acknowledgement . ..iV Table of content . ..V List of tables . ..Viii List of Figures . ..ix List of Abbreviations and Acronyms . ..xii Abstract . .xiii CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study . .. ..1 1.2 Statement of the problem . ..9 1.3 Purpose of the study . ..11 1.4 Objectives of the study . ..11 1.5 Research Questions. ..12 1.6 Signicance of the study . ..13 1.7 Limitation of the study . ..13 1.8 Delimitations of the study . .. 14 1.9 Assumptions of the study . .. 14 1.10 Definition of signicant terms . .. 14 1.11 Organization of the study . .. 16 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction . ..17 2.2 The concept of school discipline . .. 17 23 Parental socio-economic status and learners discipline . ..19 2.4 Peer inuence and learners discipline . ...22 2.5 Miraa business/salesand learners discipline . ..24 2.6 Inuence of using miraa as a drug on learners discipline . ..25 vii 2.6.1 Health problems . ..25 2.6.2 Rising school drop-out rates. ..26 2.6.3 Child labour . ..27 2.7 Suggestedstrategies to be used to enhancelearners discipline . ..28 2.7.1 Suggestion to ban miraa consumption . ..28 2.7.2 Safeguarding rights of children . ..30 2.7.3 The role of the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NACADA) ........................................................................ .3 1 2.7.4 Guidance and counseling programmes as a basis for enforcing learners discipline . ...32 2.8 Summary of the literature review . ..33 2.9 Theoretical framework . ..34 2.10 Conceptual framework . .. .. ..35 CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Introduction . ..37 3.2 Research design. ...37 Viii 3.3 Target population . ..37 3.4 Sample size and sampling procedure. ..38 3.5 Research instrument . ..39 3 .6 Instruments Validity . .40 3.7 Instrument reliability . .. .40 3.8 Data collection procedures. ..4l 3.9 Data analysis techniques. ..42 CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS,PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 4.1 Introduction . ..43 4.2 Instrument return rate . ..43 4.3 Respondents demographic information . ..