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This dissertation presents a study based on the effects of accessibility of secondary education on
students’ performance in public secondary schools in Nyamagana District. The study intended to
identify the factors of accessibility of secondary education in public secondary schools in
Nyamagana District, to investigate the effect of accessibility of secondary education on students’
performance in public secondary schools in Nyamagana District, to describe challenges facing
school administration in regard to accessibility and students’ performance in public secondary
schools in Nyamagana District and to establish possible measures to improve students’
performance in public secondary schools in Nyamagana District. The study employed both
qualitative and quantitative research approach. The study used stratified simple random sampling
and purposive sampling technique to obtain samples from a population of 115 individuals
comprising teachers, Heads of schools, Ward educational officers and District educational
officer. Data was collected through questionnaires and interview guides. The SPSS 21st was used
to compute quantitative data whereby descriptive statistics such as percentage, frequency, tables,
and figure was used to analyze the data while qualitative data was analyzed by using
descriptions. The findings reveal that students’ performance in public secondary schools in
Nyamagana Distict has been affected by many factors caused by shortage of school
infrastructures, lack of enough teaching and learning resources, lack of enough funds to finance
education activities, low teachers morale toward teaching and political influence in educational
matters resulted from accessibility of secondary education. Lastly, the study presents some useful
and perceptive recommendations like provision of enough funds to public secondary schools to
enable school instructional materials, school infrastructures and motivation for teachers to be
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