Effects Of Socio-economic Status On Academic Performance In Primary Schools In Soy Zone, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.

Kenya has experienced a rapid expansion of the education system partly due to high government expenditure on education. Despite this high level of expenditure on education primary school enrolment has been declining since 1990. 2003 when gross primary school enrolment increased to 104 percent after the introduction of F.P.E. the objectives of the study will be, to identify the relationship between the family economic status and academic performance of primary school pupils and to investigate challenges posed by family social economic status on academic performance of pupils in Soy Zone. The ta…