The purpose of the study was to assess the factors that affect students’ academic performance in Mathematics in Kakamega County. The study had five objectives: (i) Investigating the extent to which instructional methods contribute to the student’s performance in Mathematics at Secondary school level, (ii) find out the extent to which attitudes affect the performance in Mathematics in Kakamega County, (iii) assess the extent to which teachers experience affect study performance in Mathemat...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges in financing development projects in public primary schools in Ijara district, Garissa County. The objectives of the study were to find out the medium and long-term projects undertaken by public primary schools and how the projects were financed. The research adopted a survey design. A total of fourty two (42) public primary schools and one District Education Officer were targeted for the study. Twelve (12) primary schools were sel...
ABSTRACT Adult literacy covers individuals of age 15 years and beyond. Its fundamental aim is to offer survival and literacy skills to adults who may have not gone through formal Education. In spite of the importance of adult basic education, the Kenya National Adult Literacy Survey (KNALS, 2010), exposed 61.50% of the adult population had managed to get minimum literacy level, leaving 38.50% adults illiterate. It also revealed that only 29.60% of the Kenyan adult population had managed a de...
ABSTRACT Mathematics has a fundamental position in a school curriculum. Mathematics is expected to give learners competencies required to possess their correct places in areas of industry, technology, science and commerce, core skills needed for attainement of the big four agendas in national development. Owing to its significance in society, in the present education system in Kenya, mathematics is a core subject from primary through secondary school level of the educational system. Despite...
ABSTRACT Boards of Management (BOM) is a committee established by the state department of Education to supervise education in government schools in conjunction with other education stakeholders such as the Parent Teachers Association (PTAs), the County Education Boards (CEB) and the local community. The effectiveness of the newly restructured BOMs in the governance of basic education institutions in Kenya is an issue that requires in depth interrogation considering that the process of consti...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the status of safety measures and its effects on performance in public primary schools in Kilifi Sub-County, Kilifi County - Kenya. For effective management and learning of children in schools, safety measures are paramount. In a majority of public primary schools in Kenya, the situation is wanting (Simatwa and Omollo, 2010). Four objectives were explored. They were to: determine the extent to which safety measures had been implemented, establish levels of s...
ABSTRACT Mobile schools were started to act as feeder schools for the regular primary schools to mitigate acute problem of under-enrolment in primary schools in ASAL districts. Ten years after introduction of mobile schools GER for Turkana County is 35%. The problem of under enrolment still exists. The study was carried to find out the issues and challenges that hinder transition of pupils from mobile schools to regular primary schools in Turkana West district, Turkana County. The objective...
ABSTRACT Provision of education for all is a major priority of all governments especially in the developing nations. Expansion of educational places has therefore taken the centre stage of many governments‟ efforts to try and meet the ever increasing demand for education. This has been so especially for the secondary education sub-sector where much prominence has been placed. The broad aim of the study was to find out the impact of the rapid expansion in provision of public secondary educa...
ABSTRACT Free Primary Education (FPE) was introduced in Kenya in January 2003.Since its inception, it has posed a number of challenges to the government, school managers and other education stakeholders. One of the major challenges is that FPE policy has led to an influx of pupils into various classes at primary level of schooling against a stagnant teacher population. This study was intended to investigate the effect of FPE policy on teacher adequacy, teacher effectiveness, and how the gove...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the influence that family socioeconomic status has on students‟ academic performance. The independent variable for the study was socioeconomic status (SES) of the family, and would be measured by the family income and education level of the parents. The dependent variable was students‟ academic performance in examinations. The study adopted an ex-post factor survey design, and was conducted in public secondary schools in Igembe South Dist...
ABSTRACT Strategic planning is a key component to success in all institutions worldwide in regard to achievement of their mission, vision, goals and objectives. Our schools are therefore not an exception in strategic planning. The purpose of this study was to establish the existence of strategic planning in schools and to assess their effectiveness in management of the secondary schools in Nakuru North. The study employed a descriptive survey design, targeting all 33 public secondary schools...
ABSTRACT Societies world over look upon the 21st Century education sector to produce learners who are ready for the present technological demands of the workplace. Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education is seen as one of the best ways of preparing learners for the workplace. However, the education sector seems to lag other sectors in the uptake of ICTs. The NEPAD e-Schools initiative in Kenya is a Pan-African venture aimed to make learners and teachers ...
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 ...
ABSTRACT Globally, the impact of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is one of the major challenges to all sectors of the society. In Kenya, HIV and AIDS was declared a national disaster in 1999. By 2004, the pandemic was given special attention by the Ministry of Education and the school curriculum was reviewed to integrate AIDS education. This study intended to find out what preparation pre-service teachers are given to teach integrated HIV an...
ABSTRACT Advancement of women into headship positions in many institutions has been an issue of concern globally. Consequently, many bodies including sitting governments have put in place policies that ensure that women are able to access such posts. The purpose of this study hence, was to analyze various gender policies for the progression of women into leadership positions in public secondary schools in Kisauni and Likoni sub-counties, Mombasa County, Kenya. The objectives of the study was...