Analyzing performance of co-curricular activities in secondary schools in Arua District

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dc.contributor.authorAlero, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T12:34:11Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T12:34:11Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-01
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to Makerere University Business School for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Masters of Science in Accounting and Finance, degree of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analysed the performance of co-curricular activities in secondary schools in Arua District. Specifically the study established the state of co-curricular activities in secondary schools, the effect of co-curricular activities on academic achievements of secondary schools, the challenges faced by schools in promoting of extra-curricular activities, and to propose ways of strengthening co-curricular activities in schools. Literature of the study variables was reviewed to give a basis of the study. The study adopted a cross sectional study and data was collected using a questionnaire and interview guide. Secondary schools in Arua district were the unit of analysis and head teachers, games master and students being the unit of inquiry. Fifty six (56) secondary schools were the sample population selected from 65 secondary schools. Before analysing the data, a Cronbach Alpha was run which gave a high Cronbach above 0.7 implying that the data used was reliable to be used for the descriptive. The results indicated that respondents had a positive reaction towards co-curricular activities and listed a number of these activities such as; netball, football, scout, debate, among others. Respondents sighted finances, lack of student involvement in co-curricular activities among others as one of the challenges. The study recommends policy makers, school authorities/leadership and other stakeholders to take part in promoting co-curricular activities due to their ability to improve students learning, and interaction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlero, T (2016). Analysing performance of co-curricular activities in secondary schools in Arua Districten_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12282/4640
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere University Business School Institutional Repositoryen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectCo-curricular activitiesen_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectArua Districten_US
dc.titleAnalyzing performance of co-curricular activities in secondary schools in Arua Districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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