Assessment of the Effects of Ethnic Conflict on Access and Participation of Children in Primary Education in Nakuru County, Kenya
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Date
2019-05
Authors
Nyang’au, Sabina Moraa
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
This study assessed the effects of ethnic conflict on access and participation of pupils
in primary education. The initiative was to examine the relationship between ethnic
conflict on access and participation of pupils in learning activities to enable amend the
underachievement challenges through curbing the effects of ethnic conflict in Nakuru
County. The study was based on assessing the effects of ethnic conflict on access and
participation of children in primary school education in Nakuru County. The
objectives of the study were; to assess the causes of ethnic conflict and effects on
access and participation of children in primary school education, to determine whether
physical displacement affects access and participation of children in primary school
education, to assess if property destruction affects access and participation of children
in primary school education, to ascertain whether ethnic politics affect access and
participation of children in primary school education and to find out the level at which
ethnic inequalities affect access and participation of children in primary school
education in Nakuru County. The study was carried out in public primary schools in
Nakuru County. Nakuru County was appropriate for this study because the researcher
was concerned with assessing the effects of ethnic conflict on access and participation
of pupils in primary education. The target population of the study comprised of 3,335
respondents. This target population includes primary school pupils, head teachers,
teachers, parents, chiefs, opinion leaders and religious leaders. The study employed
the human needs theory by Burton (1990).He argues that conflict is deeply rooted in
unmet or inadequately fulfilled basic human needs of the parties and their individual
members. Both purposive and stratified random sampling were adopted to select a
sample size of 138 respondents (100 standard eight pupils, 13 head teachers, 13 class
teachers, 3 parents, 3 opinion leaders, 3 religious leaders and 3 chiefs). The study
further used semi-structured questionnaires and interview schedules to collect data for
analysis using the statistical package for social sciences (version 23). The data was
analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nakuru County has the highest
incidents of ethnic conflicts and the area has people from different ethnic mixtures
and hence the reason for choosing the area for this study. The study found in part that
there was discernible effect for ethnic conflicts on access and participation of pupils
in primary education. The study recommends that there is need to enhance capacity
building programs in primary schools through organizing workshops, seminars and
inviting guest speakers on related issues among learners.
Description
A Research Thesis Submitted to the School Of Education in Partial Fulfilment of the Award of Master of Education Degree of Kenyatta University. May, 2019