ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between school effectiveness and academic performance in public secondary schools of Kiambu and Nyeri Counties, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to: establish the strategies being employed by public secondary schools to improve students‟ academic performance; determine the relationship between the academic performance improvement strategies employed and the performance of students in KCSE; and identify academic perf...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the impact of the Strengthening of Mathematics and Science in Secondary Education (SMASSE) programme on the teaching and learning of Physics in Mixed Day Schools in Lari District of Central Province. The SMASSE programme is a joint venture between Kenya government represented by the Ministry of Education and the government of Japan through Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It came into being in 1998 when the constantly poor performance in Mathema...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the extent to which the ASEI movement and lecture method of instruction had an impact on students‟ biology achievement in Nakuru County. The objectives of the study were threefold: the first objective was to find out the attitude of students towards the teaching/learning of biology. The second one was to find out the type of teaching/learning methods/approaches used by teachers of biology in teaching the subject; to find out the extent to whic...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the effectiveness of cost saving measures in improving KCSE performance in public secondary schools in Kenya. Specifically, the study aimed at meeting objectives such as analyzing resource endowment of public secondary schools, the effectiveness of cost saving measures in improving KCSE performance and make recommendations on the effectiveness of cost saving measures in improving KCSE performance in public secondary schools in Marakwet West district. Gener...
ABSTRACT The present study examined phonological variability in the spoken English of secondary school students in a co-curricular Kenyan secondary school in Machakos District. From the onset, this research purposed to do the following: identify and describe phonological variation in the spoken English used by Mikuini Secondary School students; use the social network construct to describe the density in relation to their Christian denominational leanings and to describe the correlation b...
ABSTARCT This study is a philosophical analysis of the positivist separation thesis with regard to the role of law in society and the place of morality it. Like any other study in Philosophy, the study is a reasoned response to the claims made by the legal positivist doctrine about law and morality— a response that involves putting forward a counter claim and proceeding to advance reasons why we should believe or accept it. The study acknowledges that the law, through various judicial insti...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate and assess the influence of effective implementation of life skills education curriculum on educational performance in a set of select public secondary schools in Koibatek Sub-County, Baringo County. The objectives herein were: to identify the influence of implementation of LSE on academic performance in secondary schools, established from teachers and students the adequacy of LSE resource/materials used in teaching LSE, find out the head ...
ABSTRACT In the twenty first century, technology use has had huge impact in every sphere of life. Information and Communication Technology has been used enormously in school administration as an aid in data control. With high level of investment in Information and Communication Technology, still there is limited integration of Information and Communication Technology in school management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the utilization of Information and Communication Technology ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish the strategies employed by secondary school principals to meet their academic performance improvement goals in Embu West District. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Research question one aimed at examining the strategies employed by secondary school principals in Embu West District to meet their schools‟ academic performance improvement goals, research question two focussed on establishing the differences between ...
ABSTRACT In Kenya today, secondary school students sometimes describe themselves as neglected because they feel they are denied the opportunity to express their views. Considering the many communicative events in schools, this is puzzling. The study posits that the communication may be marred, causing the students neither to enjoy nor benefit from the fora provided. This study, “Face Threatening Acts in the Discourse of The Academic Clinic in Kenyan Secondary Schools” is an attempt at a ...
ABSTRACT In the recent past all over the world, there has been a lot of interest in decentralization of government functions all over the world and Kenya has not been left behind as a way of enhancing efficiency and effectiveness and taking governance to the people. Despite decentralization of education functions through delegation and deconcentration of functions, there are still concerns of ineffectiveness in service delivery especially at the local level. The purpose of this study was to a...
ABSTRACT Teacher appraisal is already well established in countries such as Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, it has only recently become a significant issue in Kenya. Over the years, teacher appraisal in Kenyan secondary schools has been mainly inspectorial, achieved through occasional inspection of schools and teachers by school inspectors. Teacher appraisal process in Kenya is wanting, especially due to the superiority-inferiority relationship between inspectors and teachers. No...
ABSTRACT Despite the implementation of Secondary Education Bursary Fund (SEBF) to enhance the access and retention of students from poor family background, the country still experiences problems such as low transition rates from primary to secondary schools and rising cases of drop outs (KIPPRA, 2007). This is an indication that despite the government’s continued increase in bursary fund allocation from kshs. 204.5 million in 1997/1998 financial year to kshs 800 million in 2006/2007 financi...
ABSTRACT Education is an important life process that plays a vital role in forming the foundation for a girl’s future better being, as it equips the learner child with basic knowledge, skills and altitudes that will enable her/him to cope well in life. In Kirinyaga West District most girls who attend public mixed day secondary schools do not complete secondary level of education. Despite Kenya Government’s commitment to enhancement of girl-child education, their completion rate at Seconda...
ABSTRACT Education participation is a crucial factor impacting the life chances of everyone globally. Despite the investment on education by the government, Kenyan schools are still experiencing dropout. This study was undertaken mainly to investigate the home and school determinants of school dropout rates in mixed day secondary schools in Laikipia East Sub-County, Laikipia County. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate: the direct home- based factor determining the school ...