INFLUENCE OF NON-GOVERMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA: A CASE OF MACHAKOS COUNTY

Abstract

Non-governmental organizations have initiated education support activities which have improved school performance of students in public primary schools. The researcher looked at the influence of the nongovernment organizations education programs on academic performance of public primary schools. The study concentrated on influence of non-governmental organizations education support activities on academic performance of students in public primary schools in Machakos only. The study delimited itself to the target population of 176 participants in Machakos. The study adopted descriptive method because it provided a quantitative or numeric description of trends, attitudes and opinions of a population by studying a sample population. The researcher has put in mind that participation in research is voluntary, thus quality time was taken to explain to the respondents the importance of the study thus requested them to participate in the study by giving relevant and honest information.Questionnaires were used to collect information from the selected respondents. The researcher then analysed the data using descriptive statistics, the findings will help various key stakeholders including the government and Non-governmental organizations. The results of the data analysis are presented in chapter of this report thus data has been organized and presented as per the objectives of the study and demographic information captured at the beginning of the analysis. The researcher thus concluded that multiple factors influence academic performance of students negatively for instance lack of scholarly materials, lack of well-structured school feeding programs and lack of well installed physical facilities. The study revealed that academic performance was not negatively influenced by lack of clean water