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Religious sponsors have in the past contributed immensely to the growth of education in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to find out the factors that lead to the management conflicts between religious sponsors and other stakeholders in public secondary schools in Nandi South Sub-County. The purpose of this study was to find out the factors that lead to the emerging conflicts between religious sponsors and head teachers, education officials, parents and schools’ Boards of Governors in the management of public secondary schools in Nandi South Sub-County. The survey research design was adopted for this study. The study population comprised of all the 38 religious sponsored Public Secondary Schools in Nandi South Sub-County, 38 Board of Governors’ Chairmen, 38 Parents and Teachers’ Association Chairmen, 38 head teachers and 342 teachers from the same schools, 6 education secretaries of the schools’ religious sponsors and 5 Assistant Education Officers. The saturated sampling technique was used by this study. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used to collect data. These instruments were first tested for reliability through a pilot study and the use of the coefficient of internal consistency of the split-half reliability method. Validity was established through the application of face validity procedures. Quantitative data were analyzed critically in themes as guided by study objectives to establish relationships among responses. The findings of the study indicated that most of the conflicts involved religious sponsors on one hand and other stakeholders. The study recommends that the Ministry of Education sensitizes the public secondary schools’ church sponsors, head teachers, Board of Governors and its field officers with regards to the correct interpretation of the Education Act as a tool in secondary schools’ management. The findings of this study would therefore provide a useful reference for educational administrators and managers.
Students’ academic performance at all levels of education has attracted great concerns from many stakeholders all over. The purpose of this Ex-post facto research was to examine Principals Instructional Supervision Strategies on Students’ Performance at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kuria West-Migori County, Kenya. Four research objectives were used to investigate and determine the extent to which principals in Kuria West Sub County undertook instructional supervision: checking of teachers’ professional documents, classroom visitation, setting academic targets, pre and post observation conferences. The researcher adopted an ex-post facto research design in which the target populations were 35 principals from 35 public secondary schools, 382 teachers employed by Teachers Service Commission and 2,010 form four students in Kuria West Sub County. Thirty principals (86%), 102 teachers (27%) and 200 form four students (10%) were purposively and simple randomly selected to form the sample size which participated in the study. Three sets of questionnaires were designed and administered: Principal’s Instructional Supervision Strategies Questionnaire (PISSQ), Questionnaire for Teachers on Principal’s Instructional Supervision Strategies (QTPISS) and Questionnaire for Students on Principal’s Instructional Supervision Strategies (QSPISS). The instruments content validity was assessed by the two supervisors and enhanced through pilot testing while the instruments reliability was established through a test retest method where a reliability coefficient was computed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the findings were analyzed into themes and presented in form of frequency and percentage tables and pie-charts. The study established that principals’ practice of checking teachers’ professional documents significantly influenced students’ performance by 42.8 percent. The study revealed that classroom visitation and observation by principals significantly influenced students’ performance by 47.3 percent. The study findings confirmed that principals regular setting of schools’ academic targets significantly influenced schools’ performance by 56.7 percent. The study further, found out that principals who organized for pre-lesson observation meetings; conducted teachers’ lesson observation on termly basis; organized for post-lesson observation meetings and communicated lesson observation feedback verbally significantly influenced students’ performance by 40 percent. The schools’ KCSE performance indices indicated that most (40%) were at 3.5 to 4.4 due to low level performance of principals’ instructional supervision in Kuria West Sub County. The study concluded that instructional supervision had significant influence on students’ performance at KCSE by 42.9 percent and needed to be strengthened more. Consequently, the study recommended that DQAS, KEMI and TSC to enhance principals’ capacity building on instructional supervision; employment of more teachers for effective instructional delivery and Boards of Management to initiate motivational strategies for both teachers and students.
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Assessment Of Factors Influencing Management Conflicts In Church Sponsored Public Secondary Schools In Kenya Authors: Sang Francis Kipkemboi; Keror Isaac KiprutoFeedburner Ads Assessment Of Factors Influencing Management Conflicts In Church Sponsored Public Secondary Schools In Kenya Journal: International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research (Vol.2, No. 6) Publication Date: 2013-06-25 Authors : Sang Francis Kipkemboi; Keror Isaac Kipruto; Page : 241-246 Keywords : Key Terms Factors; Influencing; Management; Conflict; Church Sponsored; Source : Download Find it from : Google Scholarexternal FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL KENYA: AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS’ PERSPECTIVE A Study of Factors Affecting Students Performance in Kenya: Certificate of Secondary Education in Public Secondary Schools in Amboseli Division, Loitokitok District, Kenya Factors Considered in the Appointment of Guidance and Counselling Personnel in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF E-LEARNING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKADARA DISTRICT, NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA Oppo...
Conflict between the state and the church is an international concern. Governments worldwide have cooperated in Catholic churches in providing education to their citizen. Catholic Church has a right to provide education which is based on its policy. The needs of each of the two groups create conflict in education sector. Literature on Conflicts between the Government and churches over management of schools revealed that the education sector has been affected by the standoff between the two groups since the Churches were withdrawn as managers of the schools in 1968. This has affected parents, students, teachers and other stakeholders of the affected schools. The conflicts interfere with learning time, as such schools are delayed to open or forced to close prematurely. Administration, management and ownership of the affected institutions are the source of these conflicts. This study was set to investigate the conflict between the Church and the state in management of Public Secondary Schools in Kiambu District and how this affects academic performance. The church manages the schools through the Board of Management (BOM).The study population consisted of secondary school principals, Board of Management (BOM) chairpersons, Parents Teachers Association (PTA) chairpersons, teachers, Catholic Priests, Educational secretary, Catholic Leaders and Quality Assurance and Standards Officer (QASO). Purposeful sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the
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THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES
The Role of School Leadership and Sponsor on Students' Discipline in Public Catholic Sponsored Secondary Schools in Loitokitok, Kajiado County, KenyaThe purpose of this paper is to share the findings of a study on the Role of Christianity on Student Discipline in secondary schools that was motivated by the unique role Christianity plays in character formation and teachings on obedience. The study sought to establish the impact of Christianity on students' discipline, with Christianity as the independent variable and Students' discipline as the dependent variable. The study constructs school leadership and sponsor as independent variables. What impact do Christian Leadership and sponsorship have in enhancing discipline among students? The study design was a cross-sectional research design and the target population was Catholic sponsored public Secondary schools in Loitokitok sub-county in Kajiado County, where the study sample was extracted. The study sought to use both primary and secondary data, which were both qualitative and quantitative. The data were collected using questionnaires, direct observations and interviews. A pilot survey was conducted to check the veracity of the study instrument. The questionnaire reliability test Cronbach Alpha α = 0.764. The results above 0.7 indicate that the study instrument is reliable. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive as well as statistical analysis. The study sampled and distributed 364 questionnaires. The response rate achieved was 95.9% corresponding to 349 complete questionnaires for data analysis. The data were cleaned, coded, and organized, ready for analysis. The study findings indicate that a strong correlation between the contribution of Christian leadership and sponsorship in schools was significant, with r= 0.66. A report was compiled from the study analysis results and presented in a Dissertation for defense and publishing.
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This study sought to assess the practice and challenges of good governance in Bonga Town Administration. A descriptive research method was utilized. Respondents are selected by purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Quantitative data was gathered through a questionnaire. Pertinent to qualitative information, structured interview, and FGD are employed. Then, data analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. Finally, the study disclosed a low level of accountability and transparency in the town administration. Pervasive corruption is also perceived as a key governance problem in the town; however, due to fear of reprisal citizens lack experience in exposing corruption. In sum poor service delivery, the gap between local government representatives and the town people, high level of rent-seeking, weak political leadership, lack of timely response for a public interest, and public disengagement in shared affairs were found to be challenges of good governance. Henceforth, based on the findings, it is concluded that the current good governance practice in Bonga Town Administration is weak and identified with a high level of rent-seeking among public servants as well as appointed and elected authorities. This research argues for the existence of governance which ensures public engagement in decision making and prioritization of shared problems, accompanied by transparent and accountable administration.
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Student participation in management of the secondary schools they attend is construed to include aspects of school curriculum management. The main objective of this study was to determine the extent to which student participate in management of school curriculum in secondary schools. The study employed mixed method design, specifically triangulation method. Stratified random sampling, simple random sampling, purposive and convenience sampling were used in drawing the samples. The Krejcie and Morgan‟s table for determining large sample size was used to determine the sample size of students. The sample consisted of 38 secondary schools, 38 head teachers, 293 teachers, 753 students, 72 student leaders and 24 parents. Data collection instruments included questionnaires, interview guide and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) guide. Content validity was determined by seeking expert judgement from educational management. Cronbach's alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrumen...
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