ABSTRACT Although education in Kenya has been offered for several years, several million of Kenyans are still poor and faced with acute food shortage and starvation. Failure to address the mismatch between education and agricultural production may worsen the situation. The purpose of the study was to determine whether Kenya’s education system was able to transform its students to be economically productive especially in dairy production and hence fostering rural development in Koibatek dis...
ABSTRACT A lot of resources have been directed to the education sector in terms of inputs in order to improve the quality of education. Despite all these, performance in KCSE by students in public secondary schools in Rarieda Sub County has persistently remained poor. It is for this reason that the researcher undertook this project work in order to establish the influence of social capital on the same. The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of social capital on students‟ ac...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate into the factors influencing the performance of pupils on transition from lower to upper primary in public schools in Ekerenyo Division. The objectives of the study were: to determine teacher related factors influencing performance of pupils on transition from lower primary to upper primary in public schools in Ekerenyo Division, to find out school-based factors influencing performance of pupils on transition from lower to upper primary in ...
ABSTRACT Strengthening of Mathematics and Science Secondary Education (SMASSE) in-service training has been ongoing since 2004 when it was introduced in Nyeri County. The programme is believed to enhance teaching practices for mathematics and science teachers, and better performance of the students. However, empirical studies have not conclusively on its implementation and contribution towards teaching mathematics. The purpose of the study was to establish whether effectiveness of SMASSE impl...
ABSTRACT Academic performance in KCSE in almost all the subjects offered has bee low in Isiolo County. However, the major factors contributing to this trend have not been clearly understood. This therefore limits the ability of educational stakeholders to improve the performance in KCSE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-economic, socio-cultural and school based factors that are affecting student‟s performance in KCSE in Isiolo County. Seven research questions were form...
ABSTRACT The importance of mathematics education can best be acknowledged through the multiple roles it plays both in the life and development of an individual and of the society, hence the need to make mathematics education more accommodating of student needs. In the attempt to improve performance in mathematics, it is no longer a matter of having trained teachers in a school but teachers whose classroom practices can enhance student achievement. Quality teaching and learning is reflected in...
ABSTRACT The central problem of this study was that despite the invaluable services rendered by pre-school teachers in nurturing the Kenyan children, this workforce lacked harmonized employment resulting in varied working conditions. These variations affected their motivation. The relationship between working conditions and the level of motivation of pre-school teachers had not been adequately established and properly understood hence uncertainty about their effectiveness as guardians. Conse...
ABSTRACT The purpose of my study was to determine challenges facing secondary school head teachers in the management of Free Secondary Education (FSE) in Usigu Division of Bondo District. 6 secondary schools were be sampled using the criteria of boarding or day status, type i.e. boys, girls or mixed. In each school head teacher, 3 teachers, PTA chairman and 10 students were the target population. Data was collected through questionnaire, interview and observation schedule. Collected data was...
ABSTRACT Following a needs assessment survey by the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE), it was established that there existed gaps in the secondary school sub – sector curriculum that needed filling. The National Needs Assessment Survey Report (KIE 1999) pointed out that the curriculum was not appropriately meeting the needs of learners. Sensitive emerging and contemporary issues had not been factored both in the primary and secondary school curriculum. To enhance the relevance of the curri...
ABSTRACT Education is the foundation towards enhancing people‟s capacity based on life skills, knowledge and experiential wisdom in order to acquire economic and social prosperity. In spite of the rationale for the development towards Free Primary Education in Kenya, there are concerns regarding its efficiency based on enrolment and graduation rates in most regions in Kenya. This study was aimed at finding out the school based determinants of the flow of pupils through primary school cycle ...
ABSTRACT Teacher Advisory Centres (TACs) were established in Kenya in the early 1970s to provide primary school teachers professional support in their classroom instruction for improved learning outcomes. However, there were reports of teachers’ inability to access teacher professional development activities. There were also reports of poor learning outcomes and teachers’ use of teacher centred teaching learning approaches. This study aimed at establishing the effectiveness of TACs in te...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to identify the effect of educational managers in promoting girl-child education in light of female genital mutilation in Kuria East Sub-county, Migori County. Despite the efforts by NGOs, Education managers, churches and other stake holders in eradicating this practice, Kuria community still persists with FGM thus causing increased deaths, health complications and poor performance in schools in the sub-county affecting the girl-child. The study end...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the efficiency in the use of instructional resources in public primary schools. Instructional resources which are educational inputs are of vital importance to the teaching-learning process. They help reduce abstraction and make discovered facts glued firmly to the memory of students. However, there is an outcry in the adequacy and use of these resources in primary schools. The purpose of this study therefore, was to examine the efficiency in the use of instruct...
ABSTRACT While private tutoring may have many positive effects, such as increasing human capital, providing constructive after-school activities for pupils, and generating additional income for tutors, it may also produce a number of negative effects. To this end, the purpose of this study is to find out the effects of private supplementary tutoring in secondary schools in Gatundu South District. The objectives of the study are to: analyze the scale of private supplementary tutoring in second...
ABSTRACT The Ministry of Education initiated the integration of computer technologies in teaching of school curriculum in order to enhance quality of education in Kenya. Poor performance in Kiswahili subject skills has been experienced for a while, among majority students in sub-county secondary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. The integration of CAI in teaching of Languages, helps to transform pedagogical skills in order to improve learners’ performance. The purpose of this study was ...