The Effect Of Poor Heal Th On Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Mbita I/Jest Division, Mblta District, Ny Anza Province

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the effect of poor heath on academic performance. The

study was guided by specific objectives that included; identif;ring the cause of

poor health, the effects of poor performance on academic performance and the

relationship between poor health and academic perforrnance.

The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where purposive sampling

was used to select population. It employed 50 respondents. Data were analyzed

and presented using frequencies and percentages and were tabulated.

The major findings of the study were; most of the respondents were males,

causes of unemployment were technological advancement, solutions to the

causes were poverty, drought. Effects are mental agility, mental disorders, and illness. And the relationship included daily attendance and negative relationship.