Wilkins Ndege Muhingi

Factors Affecting Academic Performance Among Secondary School Students: Education for Development a Responsibility of Many Wilkins Ndege Muhingi

Globally, educating a nation remains the most vital strategy for the development of the society throughout the developing world. Kenya is not an exception. There are factors that affect academic performance among secondary school students. This book presents those factors as including: Individual factors, Carer factors, School and environment factors and Other factors like language used at home. Parental involvement and commitment in academic matters of their children seem to be big issues affecting academic achievement. Whatever is presented here is a culmination of a thorough research pertaining to the same, a case study of Ngong centre for open Learning a learning institution in Rift valley Province, Kenya.