TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ....................................................................................................................................... i
APPROV AL. ................................................................................................................................................. ii
DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................................ .iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................................................... iv
LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................. viii
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................... viii
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................. ix
CHAPTER ONE ..................................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1
l .O Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1
l. l Background ................................................................................................................................... I
1.1. l Historical Perspective ....................................................................................................................... I
I . I .2 Theoretical Perspective .................................................................................................................... 2
I . l .3 Conceptual Perspective .................................................................................................................... 2
I . l .4 Contextual Perspective ..................................................................................................................... 3
l .2 Statement of the Problem .............................................................................................................. 5
l .4 Specific Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 6
l .5 Research Questions ....................................................................................................................... 6
1.6 Research Hypotheses .................................................................................................................... 6
l .7 Scope ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.7.l Geographical Scope ......................................................................................................................... 6
l. 7.2 Content Scope .................................................................................................................................. 7
l.7.3 Time Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 7
1.8 Significance ................................................................................................................................... 7
I . 9. Conceptual Framework ...................................................................................................................... 8
CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................................... 8
LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 8
2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 8
2. l Theoretical Review ....................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Review of Related Literature ........................................................................................................ 9
2.3.1 Effect of Feeding on Students' Academic Performance ........................................................... 9
2.3.2 Effect of School Sanitation on Students' Academic Performance .......................................... 12
2.3.3 Effect of Poverly on Academic Performance .......................................................................... 13
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CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................................................. 15
METI-IODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 15
3.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Research Design .......................................................................................................................... 15
3 .2 Area and Population .................................................................................................................... 16
3.3 Sample Size ................................................................................................................................. 16
3.4 Sampling Technique .................................................................................................................... 16
3.5 Data Collection Tools ................................................................................................................. 16
3 .5.1 Questionnaire .......................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.2 Interview Guide ....................................................................................................................... 17
3.5.3 Observation Guide ......................................................................................................................... 17
3.6 Validity ofinstrument ................................................................................................................. 17
3.7 Reliability of Instrument ............................................................................................................. 18
3.8 Research Procedure ..................................................................................................................... 18
3.9 Data Processing and Analysis ..................................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................................. 20
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ..................................................... 20
4.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 20
4.1 Section One: Background Information ofRespondents .............................................................. 20
4.1.1 Demographic Details ofRespondents ............................................................................................ 20
4.2 Section Two: Description of Respondents' Opinion in Relation to the Questionnaire ............... 21
Items and the Interview ........................................................................................................................... 21
4.2.1 Respondents' Opinion on Feecling .......................................................................................... 21
4.2.2 Respondents' Opinion on Sanitation and Academic Petformance .......................................... 27
4.2.3 Respondents' Opinion on Accommodation of Students in Secondary Schools of. ................. 30
Makindye Division .................................................................................................................................. 30
4.2.4 Respondents' Opinion on Academic Performance in Secondary Schools ofGoma ............... 33
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMEND A TIO NS ................... 35
5.1 lntroduction ........................................................................................................................................ 35
5.2Discussion of the Findings ................................................................................................................. 35
5.2.1 Discussion on the Effect of Feeding on Students' Academic Performance in Makinclye Division 35
5.2.2Discussion on Effect of Sanitation on Students' Academic Performance in makindye division .... 38
5.2.3 Discussion on the Effect of Students' Accommodation on Academic Performance in Makindye
division ................................................................................................................................................. 39
5.3Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 40
5.4 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 41
5 .5 Areas for fu1ther research .................................................................................................................. 41
