The role of the school library in improving English reading skills of ordinary level students in Bundibugyo district

Abstract

This research will be carried out in Bundibugyo district, in the Mabere and Ngamba Sub counties featuring four Secondary schools namely; Burambangira Secondary School, Kabango Secondary School, Semuliki High School and Three Angels High School which are to be chosen purposively to determine the role of the school library in improving reading skills in English language of Ordinary level students in Bundibugyo district. The following research objectives will help guide the study; (i). To find out the role of school library in improving English reading skills of Ordinary level students in Bundibugyo district. (ii). To find out the challenges faced by school libraries in Bundibugyo district and (iii). To determine ways of enhancing English reading skills among Ordinary level students in Bundibugyo District through school library. Findings of this study will be significant to students, teachers, the people and local government of Bundibugyo district, and indeed other educational institutions in Uganda. It will encourage students to patronize school libraries, and cultivate a good reading habit which in turn, will help to address students‟ poor achievement in English language in Ordinary level students in Bundibugyo district and the country at large. The research population will consist of a total of 68 participants including 60 lower secondary school students to be chosen randomly from the four selected schools ranging from senior one to senior four, four school librarians purposively because of their knowledge and experience in School library operations from each of the selected schools and four teachers of English selected from each of the selected schools. Data for this study will be gathered from a 16-question questionnaire, handwritten library logs, student grade logs (which contain the students‟ grade averages), and reading sheets. Data collected will be analyzed by use of Microsoft excel spread sheet. Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) version seventeen, using descriptive statistics using a scientific package for social scientists (SPSS) and presented in the form of tables, percentages and frequencies. Qualitative data then be presented in themes