ABSTRACT The tenet of this study was that despite the critical role played by Kiswahili language in Kenya: first, as an official language second, as a national language and a core subject examinable for all candidates at KCSE, student’s performance in this subject is dismal. Factors leading to this dismal performance have not been exhaustively investigated and internalized, hence impeding the development of Kiswahili in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to investigate institution- based ...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed major roles of the Board of Governors in the management of the public Secondary Schools in Kasikeu Division, Nzaui District, Kenya. The study examined the involvement of Board of Governors as the salient prerequisite to the 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 by establishing t...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this studywas to find out the extent to which prevocational curriculum provided to public secondary schools students are focused to meet students’ vocational aspirations in Thika District. The study was necessitated by the fact that access to secondary school is onthe increase while the number of those who score grade high enough for higher education remain relatively very low in the District. The study adopted a descriptive survey design to enable the research...
ABSTRACT There has been a wide outcry of teachers as far as their salaries and other work conditions are concerned not only in Kenya but also in other parts of the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher motivation in Kenyan secondary schools. The study investigated the role of promotions, salary, job security, work conditions and proximity to job station in relation to teacher motivation. The study specifically was guided by the following objectives to:- establish the ext...
ABSTRACT Purpose of this study was to assess the implementation process of Business Studies curriculum. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: to find out the training provisions for teacher of Business Studies for their preparation to implement the integrated syllabus, to determine the attitude of teachers of Business Studies towards the secondary school Business Studies syllabus, to determine the teaching/learning resources and strategies used to implement Business Studi...
ABSTRACT This research investigated the implication that orphanage management has on the educational performance of orphaned learners. Its purpose was to determine how orphanages are managed both as homes and schools in terms of meeting the orphaned learners’ needs and the impact of the management on the educational performance of the orphaned learners. The research was conducted in Kisauni sub-county, Mombasa County. It was guided by four objectives and four research questions. The objecti...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of socio-physical environment on the quality of secondary education in Mfangano Island, Mbita District in Homa Bay County. The objectives were to investigate the influence of Lake Victoria on accessibility to learning institutions, to find out landscape factors influencing curriculum implementation, to determine the contribution of religious institutions on the quality of secondary education and to identify the contribution of home-school partnership ...
ABSTRACT Education is a key factor to the development of any nation in the world. It has been the intension of the government that all KCPE candidates join secondary schools. Since 2003, the government has been providing funds to all public primary schools to promote access and education standards in all parts of the country. However, quite a number of public primary schools have been performing poorly in KCPE. In Nakuru North District, the average KCPE performance in 2011 was 222.5 marks. Th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of in-service training of head teachers on their effectiveness in school development planning in Gatundu district, Kiambu County in Kenya. The objectives of the study were: to establish whether head teachers have received any in-service training related to school development planning; to find out the impact of such training on school development planning effectiveness; to identify challenges experienced by head teachers in school d...
ABSTRACT This study was concerned with finding out which strategies are used in the implementation of Integrated English in public secondary schools in Kasarani Division, Nairobi and the effect of these strategies on the performance of Integrated English. The objectives of the study were: First, find out the teachers‟ awareness and use of the teaching- learning strategies, secondly, analyze the effect of resources on the choice of these strategies, thirdly, find out the extent to which the ...
ABSTRACT For the achievement of the school goals, aims and objectives as articulated in the vision and mission of a school, the stakeholders should emphasis on high efficiency in all activities. This minimizes wastages on both human and material resources leading to high quality output that meet the desires of the society. The Kenya Government is faced with the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Universal Primary Education (UPE), Education for All (EFA) and Vision 2030. To acco...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out influence of family background on learner’s cats (mocks) performance among Kipkelion east sub-county students. The Kenyan government had injected a lot of resources in education which include equipping schools by employing more teachers, building classrooms and pay students school fees in public secondary school. The mean score for mocks exams has been reducing for the last three years as follows, 2014 mean score was 5.52, 2015 the mean was...
ABSTRACT The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results in Kang’itit zone indicated plummeting trend of mean scores 224.14, 227.91, 239.39, 240.53, and 221.8for years 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 respectively. This necessitated the study whose key objectives were: To identify socio-cultural factors affecting KCPE performance in public primary schools; to establish strategies adoptable by teachers and other education stakeholders to counter socio-cultural factors which attribu...
ABSTRACT In this research project, the researcher dealt mainly with access of primary education to the pastoralist of Namanga division, Kajiado County in the Rift valley province of Kenya. The objectives of the study were to find out how household conditions, educational facilities, socio-cultural practices and environmental factors affect access to primary education to the pastoralist of Namanga division. The design of the study was descriptive survey design where a sample size of 20 out of ...
ABSTRACT Internal efficiency in the provision of education is the aim of stakeholders such as the government, parents and students, indicators of efficiency can be used to measure effectiveness of schools. In achieving institutional and national goals. Whereas it is central to government policy, head teachers to put in place ways of promoting internal efficiency and reducing factors or conditions that contributing to inefficiency. Thus the problem of the study was to try and assess the impact...