Personal factors as predictors of academic resilience among public secondary school students in Turkana county, Kenya

Abstract

Introduction : Students from Turkana County compete for the same education benefits as those in the least marginalized counties with some succeeding and thriving. It is necessary to establish the factors that promote academic resilience hence the investigation of personal factors that promote academic resilience. Purpose : This study was an investigation of the relationship between personal factors and academic resilience among public secondary school students in Turkana County. Methodology : This study’s philosophical underpinning was pragmatism. It employed a mixed methods approach using the concurrent triangulation design analysis. The instruments of data collection tools were questionnaires and interview schedules. The sample size consisted of 382 students who responded to questionnaires