| dc.creator | Wachtel, Andy | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-12T10:24:07Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-12T10:24:07Z | |
| dc.date | 1976-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Wachtel, Andy. (1976) Aspects of the performance of Nakuru schools on the certificate of primary education. Discussion Paper 236, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/651 | |
| dc.identifier | 318290 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1932 | |
| dc.description | In this paper the origins of the three-tiered school system in
Nakuru are traced to the colonial period and the system is described as
it developed before and after Independence. The primary schools in the
town are divided into two groups - ordinary low-cost schools and highercost
schools, including the one formerly European high-cost school, the
two formerly Asian medium-cost schocpls, and three assisted schools. A
number of comparisons are made between these two groups of schools based
on performance on the Certificate of Primary Education examination which
is given at the end of the seven years of primary education. It is
found that pupils from the higher-cost schools tend to achieve higher
scores on the examination and thus are more likely to gain coveted
places in government-maintained secondary schools. Success in the
examination may be correlated with better equipment in the schools , with
more highly qualified teachers, in some cases with a better teacher-pupil
ratio and possibly with a more conducive home environment. The
relative success of the higher-cost schools cannot be attributed to non-
African pupils, but rather it may indicate the beginning of social class
cleavages within the African population. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;236 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.title | Aspects of the performance of Nakuru schools on the certificate of primary education | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
