“Socio-economic status of parents on the quality of secondary school children in Namasagali Subcounty in Kamuli District
| dc.contributor.author | Ruth Nakityaba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-02T06:47:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-02T06:47:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-06-02 | |
| dc.description | Undergraduate | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study examined the socio-economic status of parents on the quality of secondary school children in Namasagali sub county in Kamuli district. This study focused on socio economic status of parents how it affects the quality of secondary education of children whereby it examined the secondary education level in the area of study by analyzing the socio-economic factors and how they predict quality of education, exploring the perceived barriers to high school completion among students from low socio-economic status and also other factors contributing to low and high quality of education in communities of Uganda. The study was carried out using both quantitative and qualitative data. The data was collected using the focused group discussions, interview guides and questionnaires during data collection. Then Yamane’s formula was used for the quantitative data and also nonprobability sampling and clustering and re clustering sampling were used during data collection. The study findings revealed that factors affecting secondary school education include intensive poverty among parents in Namasagali sub county Kamuli district whereby they cannot afford to buy scholastic materials for their children thus school dropout. Some families have large number of children from five and above, yet the source of income is less failing to educate their children especially in secondary schools instead they are taken to gardens for farming. The parental education background also is fundamental factor that affects secondary education where some parents who did not completion high education find it hard to educate their education to complete secondary education and also the still the existing norms and culture among some families where they emphasize boy child education compared to girl child education sending them to marriage hence affecting the secondary school education. The perceived barriers of the study included psychological stress among secondary school children, opportunity cost of school and also gender based problems especially the girls who are less concentrated on when it comes to education compared to boy child. Many secondary school children dropout of school due to lack of scholastic materials thus low completion of secondary school education. As a way of improving the quality of secondary school education among the students in Namasagali sub county in Kamuli district, there are some recommendations for example the government should upgrade and reestablish secondary schools that are easily accessible by students in terms of distance in order to solve the long distance problem thus improving education access, the school mentors should hold school seminars where children are encouraged to focus career up bringing and also the local government leaders should be encouraged to work appropriately through monitoring and evaluating the secondary school progressing order to identify areas that need to be improved for high quality education. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/3602 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Uganda Christian University | |
| dc.title | “Socio-economic status of parents on the quality of secondary school children in Namasagali Subcounty in Kamuli District | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |