In many countries, the role and functioning of schools are changing and so is what is expected of teachers in relation to Professional Development. This is in fact seen in the innovations and researches done globally in the changing world. The purpose of this study was to critically assess the Professional Development of teachers in relation to the administration of Head teachers in public primary schools in Trans- Nzoia County. The County has been facing mass exodus of teacher to other profe...
Tobacco production has shifted to low-and middle-income countries with significant increase in Africa. Main tobacco growing countries in Africa are also among the world’s poorest countries. In Kenya, 80% tobacco production is taking place in Migori County where approximately 28,000 small‐scale farmers grow tobacco on 7,100 hectares of land. Whereas tobacco industry argue that tobacco cultivation is a lucrative economic venture for smallholder farmers, evidence show that tobacco cultivat...
The main problem of this study is that despite the crucial role that education plays in human development, the girl child‟s participation in secondary education is lower than that boy in Nyahururu Division of Laikipia District. The transitional rate for girls is 48.5% while that of boys is 51.5%. Factors leading to this problem have not been adequately explored. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing girl child‟s participation in secondary education in se...
abstract Tourism, the temporary movement of people from their areas of domicile and back, has brought many socio-economic benefits in many developing countries with limited options for development. The Kenyan Government Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of 200 Irecognized the tourism industry as one of the best means of poverty reduction due to the high multiplier effect of tourism on every facet of the economy. Unfortunately, these benefits are often accompanied by negative social and enviro...
This study examined the management of crime in Public Service Vehicles in Nairobi County, with special focus to criminal activities on Public Service Vehicles (PSV’s) in Starehe subCounty. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the nature of crime associated with the use of PSVs; analyze the factors that influence crime in PSVs; and suggest mechanisms that will mitigate crime associated with the use of PSVs in Starehe sub-County. The research questions were adopted from the ...
We are living in the digital age and hardly any aspect of human endeavour can be effectively carried on without Information communication technologies (ICTs) including education. ICTs are now at the center of education reform in line with the technological development of the 21st century. ICT-supported education can promote the acquisition of the knowledge and skills that will empower students for lifelong learning. Although schools have had computers for almost two decades, ways to use�...
This study sought to establish the role of media in conflict situations with a special focus on the Tana delta conflict that occurred in the months of August and September 2012. The objectives were to explain the causes of the Tana Delta Conflict, to investigate the role of the Kenyan media during the Tana Delta Conflict and to assess the impact of the media reports on the Tana delta conflict. Media is a critical player in times of conflict (Berger 2011). The information being conveyed, the m...
ABSTRACT Including children with hearing impairment in mainstream schools has generated a lot of debate across the globe with many campaigning for the rights of these children to be educated separately in special schools in which they can access information through sign Language. Pupils with hearing impairment have been found to lag behind in academics as compared to the visually and physically impaired on account of their problems in communication, socialization, curriculum adaptation, modi...
ABSTRACT Leadership style can lead to the achievement or downfall of the business. The banking industry in Kenya has experienced first rate modifications introduced about via globalization, liberalization, intense competition amongst competitors, converting regulatory hints, generation, and more stressful clients. Those adjustments within the dynamic enterprise environment require leadership which can permit each the people and the enterprise to adapt and achieve success. The maximum commonp...
ABSTRACT Organizations and institutions the world over have resorted to supervision in ensuring employee effectiveness and better returns in performance and productivity. Police work is regarded as the interface between any government and the local populace, which follows structurally entrenched chain of command as stipulated in the Service Standing Orders (SSOs). Supervision of officers in the performance of duty ensures that they undertake their responsibilities with decorum while displayi...
ABSTRACT In today’s dynamic and turbulent business environment where change is the only constant, SACCO’s are finding it hard to perform financially and survive amidst cut throat competition in the financial sector. In Kenya’s financial landscape where the SACCOs play an important role in financial intermediation with a focus on personal development and growth of SMEs, their fundamental role has continued to diminish due to ever growing competition in this sector. A firm can apply the ...
ABSTRACT The origin of supervision goes back to the year 1910 when a director of education was appointed for the Kenyan protectorate. The director had legal duties of organizing, supervision and inspection of protectorate schools. In 1964, the Ominde commission recommended careful selection of education supervisors. In 2002, school inspectorate department changed to quality assurance and standards and principals of schools were also empowered to do instruction supervision in their schools. T...
The study offers a reading on how silence has been presented as a strategy for trauma enunciation in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s selected novels: Paradise (1994) and Desertion (2005). It also explores how migration and racial differences have led to the muteness of the characters. This is in order to fill the critical lacuna that exists in the available scholarship on the author. As of now he has written eight novels but the study has focused on two of them because of their poignant deployment...
ABSTRACT Competitive advantage is of the goals as to why firms exist in a any given industry. However, it is not easy for the firm to gain competitive advantage as there are turbulences in the environment with high levels of competition in different industries. The manufacturing sector is one such competitive industry that require firms to constantly adopt different strategies to remain viable. Therefore, the current study sought to determine the effect of corporate social responsibility str...
Road traffic congestion is a major issue of concern owing to its impact to the lives of people, the economy and the environment at large. Traffic congestion is a problem of the modern society that has come with urbanization. It has been predicted that the problem will get worse if mechanisms and best strategies are not put in place in time to manage it. In the City of Nairobi, Kenya, studies and mechanisms that havebeen undertaken have not solved the problem of road congestion whereby it h...