ABSTRACT The central problem of this study was to analyze the roles of public and private partners in financing and provision of public secondary education in Migwani District, Kitui County. Financing education in Kenya has impacted negatively on the school enrollment as the parents shoulder an increasing large proportion of the cost. The user charges in Kenyan Secondary school are too high to be afforded by 56% of Kenyans who according the Millenium Development Goals 2005 Report, are living ...
ABSTRACT Education has been considered a basic constituent in the development process of any nation. The educated people always have skills that are vital for sustainable economic growth and improved standards of living. Secondary education, which is very vital in the economic development, is accorded a comparatively lower financial allocation. The prevailing case necessitates that this level of education devices means by which income can be mobilised to supplement the meagre resources access...
ABSTRACT Education has been considered a basic constituent in the development process of any nation. The educated people always have skills that are vital for sustainable economic growth and improved standards of living. Secondary education, which is very vital in the economic development, is accorded a comparatively lower financial allocation. The prevailing case necessitates that this level of education devices means by which income can be mobilised to supplement the meagre resources access...
ABSTRACT The implementation of FPE in the year 2003 introduced many challenges to teaching and learning in public primary schools in Kenya. This study sought to find out the effects of the inception of FPE in Kenya in 2003 on the teaching and learning of English in public primary schools in Eldoret municipality. The specific objectives were to: determine the influence of FPE on teaching and learning resources; establish the influence of teaching techniques on the English language teaching an...
ABSTRACT Modern assistive technology can move a long way in improving the quality of special education through making students with special needs more independent. Analogy assistive technology which is mainly used in Kenyan special school is slow, bulky, inefficient and dependent. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the potential of modern assistive technology in educational achievement for students with visual impairment at Kibos special secondary school. The study employed a...
ABSTRACT Teaching and learning resources greatly influence standard and quality of education since they affect the teaching and learning process at all levels. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges facing effective use of learning resources in public secondary schools in Bureti sub-county .The specific objectives of this study were:- to determine the instructional resources needed in the teaching and learning of Geography in Bureti sub-county secondary schools, to the ex...
ABSTRACT Policy makers in Kenya have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening the country's secondary education system, but many challenges remain. As the country successfully boosted primary school enrollment rates to nearly universal coverage, the number of children seeking secondary education has soared. In an attempt to enhance access, programmes such as Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) have been launched by the government. Yet secondary education must fill dual role...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of selected parental Socio-Economic Status (SES) on Academic Performance (AP) of students in Secondary Schools in Cheptais Sub-county of Bungoma County in Kenya. The objectives of this study were: ascertain the correlation between parents‟ income and children‟s academic performance, examine the correlation between parents‟ educational level and children‟s academic performance and establish the correlation between parents...
Abstract This study examined teaching techniques that enhance integration in the development of English language skills in secondary schools in Gatundu District, Kenya. The researcher used survey design. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate teaching techniques that enhance the integration in the development of English language skills. Both purposive and stratified random samplings were used to select schools and respondents. A sample of 20 English language teachers and 10 head...
ABSTRACT The study was set out to investigate the extent to which teachers of Christian Religious Education (CRE) implement the life approach strategy in teaching of the subject in primary schools in Voi. Also it was designed to find out whether the teachers use the recommended life approach lesson structure; recommended teaching and learning resource materials; recommended teaching and learning method and why teachers do/don`t use life approach strategy in teaching CRE. The survey was descri...
ABSTRACT The objective of inclusive education calls for children with special needs to attend the same classes in the"regular schools along side with the rest of the pupils with no special needs. Inclusive education is primarily about restructuring school cultures policies and practices so that they respond to the diversity of students in the locality. It sees individual difference•s not as problems to be fixed, but as opportunity for enriching learning and for education system to embrace ...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the role of cost saving measures in internal efficiency of public secondary schools in Gatundu North Sub County, Kiambu County. The specific objectives of the study were: To investigate the extent to which Curriculum Based Establishment is implemented, to establish the extent to which tendering and budget preparation policies are implemented, to investigate the extent to which teaching and learning time is effectively utilized and to establish the in...
xi Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes‟ influence towards learning and performance in mathematics by students in secondary schools in Bureti District. The objectives of the study were: a) to determine the attitudes formed by the students towards learning and performance in mathematics, b) to find out whether such attitudes contributed to inappropriate learning of mathematics and consequently poor performance in secondary schools and c) to establish factors wh...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the quality of teacher education programmes for pre-primary school teachers in Thika Sub-county (formally Thika municipality). The objectives of the study were to: find out how often the early childhood training colleges are inspected for quality and certified; find out the level of availability and professional qualification of tutors; find out the perceptions of early childhood education managers on the quality of pre-primary teachers graduating from the earl...
ABSTRACT This study sought to interrogate the level of preparedness among Public Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya to use electronic technology in learning and produce competent teachers to manage e-learning in Kenyan schools given the policy emphasis by the Ministry of Education on adoption of E-learning in educational institutions. The specific objectives of the study were to: assess the availability of ICT infrastructure in Teacher Training Colleges, analyze the extent to which Teacher Tr...