Assessing of the impact of climate Change on Academic Performance among university students from Kajiado County.

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.sidebar##

Published Feb 23, 2022
https://doi.org/10.71064/spu.amjr.3.1.38
Download
pdf
Statistic
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research (AMJR)

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.main##

Charity Muraguri

Abstract

Climate change has become a major challenge that has impacted on the agenda of countries and societies around the world. Most studies have focused on the agricultural impact of climate change. However, other areas such as academic performance have received little attention. This study identified the lack of lecture attendance due to the need for constant movement in search for pasture and lack of finances to pay fees. This situation has led to a struggle causing the students in Kajiado County to balance between grazing their cattle and attention to academic study, especially in the wake of negative effects of climate change. The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which climate change affects the academic performance of students in Kajiado County. The study was guided by the Walberg theory of educational productivity. Sequential explanatory mixed methods research design was used. Convenience sampling was used to select 62 university students. Data was collected by questionnaires, interview guides and focus group discussions. Quantitative data was analysed in the SPSS program using frequencies, percentages, and Spearman correlation analysis. Qualitative data was analysed using NVIVO software. From the study findings, the idea that academic performance of the students from Kajiado County had gone down correlated highly r = 0.881, while climate change is an important factor in student performance r = 0.744. The study findings will be informative especially to the government in planning for drought mitigation interventions. The ministry of education would also gain insights on the challenges facing university students from Kajiado County.
Key Words: Climate Change, Academic Performance; Higher Education, Kajiado County, University

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.details##

How to Cite
Muraguri, C. (2022). Assessing of the impact of climate Change on Academic Performance among university students from Kajiado County. African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.71064/spu.amjr.3.1.38

References

  1. Abbasi, D. R. (2006). Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap between Science and Action. New Haven: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
  2. Akuegwu, B. A., NwiUe, F. D., & Nwikina, C. G. (2012). Climate change effects and academic staff role performance in Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria.
  3. Higher Education of Social Science, 3(1), 53-59.
  4. Alexandratos, N., & Bruinsma, J. (2012). World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision (No.12-03, p.4). Rome. FAO: ESA Working paper.
  5. Ampaire, E. L., Jassogne, L., Providence, H., Acosta, M., Twyman, J., Winowiecki, L., & van Asten, P. (2017). Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: A case study on policy action gaps in Uganda. Environmental Science & Policy, 75, 81-90.
  6. Bickham, G. A. (2015). Major Depressive Disorder: Precursors, Predictors, and Coping Mechanism among Undergraduate Students (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
  7. Bishop, E. (2007). Schooling and pastoralists' livelihoods: a Tanzanian case study.
  8. University of London, University College London.
  9. Bodansky, D. (2001). The history of the global climate change regime.
  10. International Relations and Global Climate Change, 23.
  11. Boyd, W. (2010). Climate change, fragmentation, and the challenges of global environmental law: elements of a post-Copenhagen assemblage. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 32, 457.
  12. Bozzola, M. (2014 August). Adaptation to Climate Change: Farmers' Risk Preferences and the Role of Irrigation. In European Association of Agricultural Economists Conference on'Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies.
  13. Bristow, T., & Ford, T. H. (2016). A Cultural History of Climate Change.
  14. Routledge: NY.
  15. Brunori, G., Jiggins, J., Gallardo, R., Schmid, O., Pérez-Soba, M., Banse, M. A. H., & Gaudin, T. (2009). New challenges for agricultural research: climate change, food security, rural development, agricultural knowledge systems.2nd SCAR Foresight exercise. European Commission.
  16. Bryan, E., Ringler, C., Okoba, B., Roncoli, C., Silvestri, S., & Herrero, M. (2013). Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants. Journal of environmental management, 114, 26-35.
  17. Burke, S. E., Sanson, A. V., & Van Hoorn, J. (2018). The Psychological Effects of Climate Change on Children. Current psychiatry reports, 20(5), 35.
  18. Chinweze, C., & Abiola-Oloke, G. (2009, April). Women issues, poverty and social challenge of climate change in the Nigerian Niger Delta context. In 7th International Conference on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental Change (IHDP Open Meeting), UN Campus, Bonn, Germany (pp. 26-30).
  19. Climate Change in Africa: Adaptation Mitigation & Governance Challenges. (2009). The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
  20. Cline, W. (2007). Global Warming and Agriculture. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics.
  21. Etuonovbe, A. K. (2007). Coastal settlement and climate changes: effects of climate change/sea level rise on the People of Awoye in Ondo State Nigeria. Economic benefits of hydrography. Strategic integration of surveying services FIG working
  22. week, 1-14.
  23. Filho, W., Nzengya, D., Muasya, G., Chemuliti, J., & Kalungu, J. W. (2017). Climate change responses among the Maasai Community in Kenya. Climatic Change, 145 (1-2), 71-83.
  24. Francis, N. P. (2014). Climate change and implication for senior secondary school financial accounting curriculum development in Nigeria. Journal of Education and Practice, 5(26), 153-157.
  25. Garcin, Y., Schildgena'b, T. F., Acosta, V. T., Melnick, D., Guillemoteau, J., Willenbring, J., & Strecker, M. R. (2017). Short-lived increase in erosion during the African Humid Period: Evidence from the northern Kenya Rift (Vol. 759, pp. 58, 2017).
  26. Government of Kenya (2010). National Climate Change Response Strategy: Executive Brief. Nairobi, Kenya: Government printer.
  27. Government of Kenya. (2013). National Climate Change Action Plan 2013–2017. Vision 2030. Nairobi: Government Press.
  28. Hamilton, L. C. (2011). Education, politics and opinions about climate change evidence for interaction effects. Climatic Change, 104(2), 231-242.
  29. Henderson, J. V., Storeygard, A., & Deichmann, U. (2017). Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa? Journal of Development Economics, 124, 60-82.
  30. Ileuma, S., & Isah, E. A. (2010). Educational Challenges of Climate Change in Developing Countries: Policy Options for Nigeria. In A. O. Ayeni, U. G. Emetarom, S. O. Nwafor & A. I. Atanda (Eds.), Educational Management, Environmental Literacy and Climate Change (pp. 51-58). Ibadan: Nigerian Association for Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP).
  31. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2007). The Physical Science Basis.
  32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  33. Kjellstrom, T., Briggs, D., Freyberg, C., Lemke, B., Otto, M., & Hyatt, O. (2016). Heat, human performance, and occupational health: a key issue for the assessment of global climate change impacts. Annual Review of Public Health, 37, 97-112.
  34. Komba, C., & Muchapondwa, E. (2012). Adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers in Tanzania. Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Working paper, (299)5.
  35. Laczko, F., & Aghazarm, C. (Eds.). (2009). Migration, environment and climate change: Assessing the evidence (pp. 7-40). Geneva: International Organization for Migration.
  36. Mitchell, D., Williams, R. B., Hudson, D., & Johnson, P. (2017). A Monte Carlo analysis
  37. on the impact of climate change on future crop choice and water use in Uzbekistan. Food Security, 9(4), 697-709.
  38. Moreno, A. J., & Perdomo, C. A. (2018). Study of Climate Change in Bogota, using Colombia and Global Temperature Data. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 1 (13), 11225-11230.
  39. Moshi, A. (2017). Farm Technologies and Production Risk in the Face of Climate Change in Tanzania. Huria: Journal of the Open University of Tanzania, 24(2), 1- 18.
  40. Mususa, P., & Udelsmann Rodrigues, C. (2017). Africa's urban future: conference report, Helsinki 12 May 2017. In Africa's urban future, Helsinki, May 12, 2017.
  41. Nelson, G. C et al. (2009). Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation Vol. 21. Intl Food Policy Res Inst.
  42. Nguimalet, C. R. (2018). Comparison of community-based adaptation strategies for droughts and floods in Kenya and the Central African Republic. Water International, 43(2), 183-204.
  43. Njoroge, J. M., Ratter, B. M., & Atieno, L. (2017). Climate change policy-making process in Kenya: deliberative inclusionary processes in play. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 9(4), 535-554.
  44. Ochieng, J., Kirimi, L., & Mathenge, M. (2016). Effects of climate variability and change on agricultural production: The case of small scale farmers in Kenya. NJAS- Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 77, 71-78.
  45. Ojwang, L., Rosendo, S., Celliers, L., Obura, D., Muiti, A., Kamula, J., & Mwangi, M. (2017). Assessment of coastal governance for climate change adaptation in Kenya. Earth’s Future, 5(11), 1119-1132.
  46. Parry, J. E., Echeverria, D., Dekens, J., & Maitima, J. (2012). Climate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review. Commissioned by: Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), joint initiative of Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Bureau for Development Policy of UNDP.
  47. Parry, M. L., Rosenzweig, C., Iglesias, A., Livermore, M., & Fischer, G. (2004). Effects of climate change on global food production under SRES emissions and socio- economic scenarios. Global Environmental Change, 14(1), 53-67.
  48. Patz, J. A., & Frumkin, H. (2016). Climate Change and Human Health. Environmental Health: From Global to Local, 275.
  49. Riebeek, H. (2010, June). Global Warming. Retrieved from: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/.
  50. Ross, L., et al. (2016). The climate change challenge and barriers to the exercise of foresight intelligence. BioScience, 66(5), 363-370.
  51. Schipper, E. L. F. (2007). Climate change adaptation and development: exploring the linkages. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Working Paper, 107, 13.
  52. Shah, M., & Steinberg, B. M. (2015). Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India. National Bureau of Economic Research.
  53. Tol, R. S. (2009). The economic effects of climate change. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 23(2), 29-51.
  54. United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) (2001). Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2001 Final Report. Retrieved April 22, 2018 from www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/ municipal/pubs/msw2001.pdf.
  55. Weston, C. G. (2018). Driven to Depression: Overachieving College Student with Recurrent Depressive Episodes. In Promoting Safe and Effective Transitions to College for Youth with Mental Health Conditions (pp. 123-132). Springer, Cham.
  56. World Energy Council. (2006). Climate Change and the World. Retrieved May 10, 2018 from http://www.worldenergy.org.
  57. Young, O. R. (2011). Effectiveness of international environmental regimes: Existing knowledge, cutting-edge themes, and research strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(50), 19853-19860.