Document 6602902

FACTORS INFLUENCING
DRUG AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE BY STUDENTS
IN PUBLIC
SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MBEERE SOUTH SUB COUNTY, EMBU COUNTY, KENYA
BY
NICERA MUTHONI GATITU
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A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITIED
REQUIREMENT
OF THE AWARD
PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT
FOR THE
OF TilE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ARTS IN PROJ;,,-'::T
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
2014
DECLARATION
This project
is my original
work and has not been submitted
for a degree award in any
other university.
Signed
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NICERA MUTHONi
GATITU
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L50/62481/2013
This project
has been submitted
for examination
with
my approval
l (A
supervisor.
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PROFESSOR HARRIET KIDOMBO
School of Continuing
University
and Distance Education
of Nairobi
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as the University
ABSTRACT
In Kenya drug and substance
Secondary
abuse has become
schools characterized
poor Performance,
an lncreaslag
that almost
by enormous
-Kenya. A number
every Kenyan youngster
and
cigarettes.
The major
proportion
of these young people eventually
creating
This study sought to establish
the factors
influencing
schools in Mbeere
study
the influence
were
environment
students
to establish
and the
in secondary
surrounding
using
questionnaires
distribution
100 students
and
interviews.
of the
background,
school
family
in drug
tables and percentages.
including
results
and
were
Using Yamane's formula,
both boys and girls in public secondary
sub county using Questionnaires
which were administered
substance
abuse
and qualitative
presented
in
data,
frequency
the target population
to the selected students and
quantitative
used in data analysis. The findings
four
objectives
environment,
which
surrounding
indicated
community
that
peer
influence
xi
pressure,
was
schools in Mbeere south
teacher from each sample schools. Both qualitative
were
by
survey. In view of
to one guidance and counseling
approaches
in
The objectives
to collect quantitative
The
a significant
drug abuse among students
of peer pressure,
was adopted
with drugs,
is that
schools. The research design was descriptive
this, the field survey method
show
and the public at large.
south sub county.
environment
country
posing a threat to their own
for their families
Kenyan public secondary
in the
unrest and
experiments
cause of concern
get addicted
difficulties
student's
our-m-the
at one time or another
beer
especially
by the vice. Drug abuse is becoming
of studies carried
especially
health and safety, while
problem
school dropouts,
both boys and girls are affected
problem-in
a major
farnllv
were
based on the
background,
drug and substance abuse.
and
school