ABSTRACT The National Special Needs Education Policy Framework in Kenya stipulates that there shall be elimination of disparities and enhancement of equity and equality for all learners, especially inclusion of learners with special needs in the education system. The problem is that there still exist inequalities and disparities in accessing quality education among learners with special needs. The study was guided by the following objectives: To describe personnel-related constraints facing i...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed major functions of Board of Management in facilitating quality education of public education secondary schools in Kajiado North District, Kenya. The study examined the effectiveness of Board of Management as a salient prerequisite to success of the schools in all areas of operations so as to create enabling environment to carter for efficient school management which would improve academic standards and provide quality education. The study was mainly guided establis...
ABSTRACT Provision of quality education is a major concern for countries in the world today (UN declaration 1948).This explains why knowledge of the factors that affect academic achievement is vital to educationists, teachers, parents and learners. The performance of pupils at grade 8 continues to be discouraging in Mumoni district with no student getting 400 marks in KCPE in public schools for the last three years. This raises the question: what can the schools and communities do to increase...
ABSTRACT In spite of the fact that most teachers of the English language have been trained in the use of instructional media, learning the English language is a challenge as seen in performance indicators in Bungoma North district. The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe secondary school English language teachers’ use of instructional media for purposes of enhancing the teaching and learning of their students and the extent to which these media are used. The objectives of ...
ABSTRACT Kenya has been witnessing a persistent increase in cases of individuals displaying negative social dispositions, indicating a nation on the moral decline. Evidently, majority of the citizens continue to act contrary to such basic values like respect, honesty, responsibility and diligence, a situation that threatens harmonious coexistence and consequently national progress. The above state of affairs has prevailed despite efforts by the government to inculcate good character among chi...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the challenges facing music learners with cerebral palsy (CP) in Joy Town Secondary School for the physically impaired in Kiambu County Kenya. It had been observed that interest in learning music diminished among learners with cerebral palsy as they proceeded from form one to form two. This prompted the interest to carry out a research on the causes of these changes in interest in music for these learners. The study investigated the challenges t...
ABSTRACT The research problem addressed was that, in the last four years Borabu District has experienced an observable decline in academic performance especially in the day secondary schools. The general low academic performance could be associated with home, school, teacher and student factors. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors which influence the academic performance of day secondary schools in Borabu District. The objectives of the study were to find out the influence of:...
ABSTRACT Mathematics is essential for daily life and plays a crucial role in school curricula; yet students‘ performance in it remains very low worldwide, Somalia not being exceptional. This study intended to find out whether teacher characteristics, teaching methods, use of teaching resources and student attitudes towards mathematics affect students‘ performance in mathematics or not. The study was conducted in Banadir region of Somalia, which has a total of seventy secondary schools wit...
ABSTRACT The purpose ofthe study was to investigate the management and structure governing the TACs operations. The statement of the problem was that the structure managing the TAC tutors does not enhance effective service delivery of their job description. The study surveyed the MoEST structure that manages the TACs. It further surveyed a structure used at KIE whose functions are closely related with the activities of the TACs and make relevant recommendations ofthe suitable management struc...
ABSTRACT Despite the fact that pre-school teachers undertake specialized courses to enable them to use music activities in the course of teaching, there is a lot of variability in the frequency, variety and purposes to which these activities are employed. The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of teacher self efficacy and use of music activities in pre-schools in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties. The study is grounded on the self efficacy theory by Bandura and complemented by the theo...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s vision 2030’s social pillar on Education and training states in part that the overall goal for 2012 is to reduce illiteracy by increasing access to Education, improving transition rate in primary and secondary schools and raising the quality and relevance of education hence retention. Kenya has targeted universal primary education since independence .The retention of girls in public secondary schools in Ndhiwa has been low. Each year about 11.37 % of females drop out of s...
ABSTRACT School Safety is an integral and indispensable component of the teaching and learning process. Indeed no meaningful teaching and learning can take place in an environment that is unsafe and insecure to both learners and staff. It is therefore important that educational stakeholders foster safe and secure school environment (Republic of Kenya, 2008). In an apparent response to tragedies that hit schools in the last decade, Ministry of Education (MOE) introduced a Safety Standards Manu...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to establish whether children with vision problems were identified early and given support to avoid visual impairment in Kiambu, Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties in Central Kenya. Although visual impairments remain a major threat especially to school children, they can be avoided through early identification. Unfortunately, children with vision problems have largely remained undetected and unsupported. Even worse, the children stand a higher risk of develo...
ABSTRACT With the country’s vision of industrialization by 2030 students’ performance in science subjects to produce the expertise to drive the country to its realization has been given the first priority. The effect of school and home-based factors may have a considerable effect on students’ performance in science subjects at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education(K.C.S.E.).The government has provided support, policy framework and teachers. It has also prioritized science performance...
ABSTRACT The performance in mathematics and sciences in Kenyan secondary schools has remained low for many years. The Strengthening of Mathematics and Sciences in Secondary Education (SMASSE) project was introduced as a joint project between the Kenya government and Japan in order to improve the performance in these subjects in KCSE examination. Despite this, the improvement in performance in mathematics and sciences has not been very significant. This study aimed at investigating the factors...