Impact Of Poverty On Academic Performance Of Students, A Case Study Of Kagira Primary School, Ganga Zone Mwimbi Division In Maara District, Kenya

Background of the study Poverty has been the hardest challenge facing human life from time immemorial. It has contributed to low social-economic states in society and has brought absent difficult circumstance that face learners today. It has negatively affected all people regardless of age, culture, race, religion and other factors. On overview of some facts about poverty in the world of South Africa the black Americans suffered untold miseries ranging from diseases, poverty, denial of education, forced labour and denial of other essential services due to racial segregation by the white coloni…