To assess primary five pupils' competences in reading Lumasaba language concepts in Buyaga town council, Bulambuli district.
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2024
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Busitema University
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The shortage of competences in reading, writing and comprehension in the first language in countries which were colonized is an issue of cultural decay in education institutions of the 21 century. The purpose of the study will be to establish the relationship between the effects of the competences in reading Lumasaba and academic performance of p5 learners in primary schools in Buyaga town council. The objectives will be to find out the competences in reading Lumasaba by P5 pupils in primary school in Buyaga town council, to investigate the challenges faced in reading Lumasaba, and to come up with solutions to the challenges in reading Lumasaba by p5 pupils Buyaga town council, Bulambuli district. The cross-sectional research design was used, employing both qualitative, and quantitative approaches. The study population of 10 teachers and 70 learners in government-aided schools participated in the study. a structured questionnaire and interviews will be the instruments for collecting data. The content validity index [CVI] was be computed for reliability, a test to retest method will be used and a Cronbach alpha was computed and used after pretesting and after collection of the whole data. It was concluded that: that there is lack of competences in reading lumasaba which affected P5 pupils in academic performance of other subjects, the main challenges faced are; comprehension, understanding concepts in English, and parents’ attitude plus congested curriculum. Consequently, this affected pupils’ mode of communication, confidence and second language development. There was significant relationship between competences in reading lumasaba and academic performance of learners in p5; implying that challenges in competences of reading lumasaba contributed 65% to the status of the academic performance of learners and the remaining 35% was due to other factors. The researcher highly recommends that the first language be taught exhaustively well, parents and pupils be sensitized adequately and government fund the scholastic materials and all facilitators and curriculum implementors to thoroughly research and publish literature.
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Nabifo, S. (2024). To assess primary five pupils’ competences in reading Lumasaba Language concepts in Buyaga Town Council, Bulambuli District. [Research report]. Busitema University.