EFFECT Of Technology Innovation On Performance Of Public Tvet Institutions In Kakamega County, Kenya

ABSTRACT

Technology iinnovation iis iargued ito ibe itransforming ihigher ileaning iinstitution iin iKenya, iincluding iTVETs, iwhich iare iseen ito ibe ievolving iso ias ito iremain irelevance, ideliver iefficiently iand ienhance iperformance. iUNESCO iglobal irating iranks iKenya‟s iTVET iperformance ibelow iaverage iat i28%, icompared ito iher ineighbours. iMoreover, itheir iperformance iis icharacterised iby iinadequacy iin iteaching iand iinefficiency iin iadministration iof iresources, idespite imassive iinvestment iin iICT. iThis istudy ianalysed ithe ieffect iof itechnology iinnovation ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iin iKakamega iCounty ias iguided iby ithe ifollowing ispecific iobjective: ito ianalyse ithe ieffect iof idigital iadministration iof istudents ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya; ito iassess ithe ieffect iof idigital iinformation idissemination ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya, ito ievaluate ithe ieffects iof idigital ilearning iprograms ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya; iand ito ianalyse ithe ieffect iof idigital iadministration iof iacademic istaffs ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya. iThe istudy iwas ianchored ion ithe iTheory iof iDiffusion iof iInnovation iand iTechnology iAcceptance iModel. iThe istudy iadopted ia icausal iresearch idesign; itarget ipopulation iof i71 imanagement istaffs, iprimary idata icollected iusing iquestionnaire iand ianalysed iby idescriptive iand icorrelation imethods. iStudy ifindings iwere idigital iadministration iof istudents iaccount ifor i21.8% i(R2 i= i0.218) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions, idigital iinformation idissemination iaccount ifor i5.2% i(R2 i= i0.052) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions, idigital ilearning iprogrammes iaccount ifor i10.3% i(R2 i= i0.103) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions, iand idigital iadministration iof iacademic istaffs iaccount ifor i26.0% i(R2 i= i0.260) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions. iIn isummary, itechnology iinnovation iaccounts ifor i38.2% ivariation iin iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, ithe istudy iconcludes ithat idigital iadministration iof istudents iand idigital ileaning iprogrammes ihas isignificant ieffects ion iperformance iof iTVET. iThe istudy irecommends ifurther ianalysis ifactors iresponsible ifor iinsignificant ieffects iof idigital information idissemination iand iadministration iof iacademic istaffs.