Reading Difficulties Among Class Six Pupils of Wa Basic School Complex

This book explores investigate the reading difficulties among class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex in the Wa Municipality. The research gathered data from both secondary and primary sources and used the mixed method approach. The key instruments used for the data collection were questionnaire. A total of sixty (60) respondents (class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex) who took part in this study were purposively selected. The study found out that lack in reading by pupils, laziness to read books such as novels, newspapers and magazines by pupils, lack of enjoyment of reading test outside classroom work, playing by pupils rather than reading during leisure time and lack of provision of reading materials by parents, lack of guidance by parents on pupils reading, no proper method of reading by teachers in teaching, lack of guidance by teachers on pupils reading, lack of instructional materials for teaching reading in school and lack of encouragement to develop the habit of reading at early age, parents negative attitude toward reading, and illiteracy of parents are factors causing reading difficulties among class six pupils of Wa Basic School Complex.