ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to investigate provision of efficient early childhood development education (ECDE) in public primary schools in Nyamira south sub-county, Nyamira County, Kenya. The main problem of this study is that, despite the vital role of early childhood development education in promoting child‟s potential, recent studies have shown that efficient in the provision of early childhood education is low. The challenges leading to this have not been adequately investiga...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of alternative strategies of discipline used in Starehe Division, Nairobi County, Kenya. The objectives were: to determine the alternative discipline strategies being used in secondary schools in Starehe Division, Nairobi county, to determine the effectiveness of these strategies in management of discipline in secondary schools in Starehe Division, to determine the challenges faced in instilling discipline in secondary schoo...
ABSTRACT Professional Development of secondary school principals in Kenya is necessary in equipping them with the requisite skills and competencies in school management thus effective in their role as school managers. Within the intricate functioning of educational establishments in the 21st century, the principal is central in initiating school progress and management efficacy and thus, there exists a necessity of ensuring that the principal has the managerial skills to enable one undertake ...
ABSTRACT Water conservation involves the strategies and activities that are used to manage water resources, especially fresh water as a sustainable resource. Conservation aims at protecting the water environment and its resources from negative impacts in order to make them to be able to meet current and future demands, making them sustainable. Water is faced with a lot of challenges from human demand, this including the population, household size and growth. Environmental challenges include c...
ABSTRACT The Kenyan government introduced Free Day Secondary Education in 2008 with an aim of increasing access and participation for children from poor households and increasing transition rate from primary to secondary schools. But studies show that enrolment and participation is still low in secondary schools. The study sought to establish family and school based determinants of access and participation in public day secondary schools in Kenya. The main objective of the study was to determ...
ABSTRACT Education is important to both the individual and the society because it helps one to grow physically, mentally and socially. It also brings developments in the society. In particular the primary education lays the foundation for further education and training. Despite its importance, learners in primary schools seem not to participate fully due to dropout and repetition. This study, therefore, sought to establish determinants of wastage in public primary schools in Starehe District...
ABSTRACT There is increasing interest, attention and investment being put into the use of ICT in education all over the world. The Ministry of Education Science and Technology in Kenya has developed an Information Communication Technology (ICT) strategy which outlines how ICT will be adopted and utilized to improve access, quality and equity in the delivery of education services in Kenya. With the introduction of computer-based technology in schools, major changes should be observed in the w...
ABSTRACT The concern of guaranteeing quality education provision in educational institutions has aroused scholarly interests globally. In Kenya, with the creation of the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards (DQAS) whose mandate is to act as the national custodian of standards and quality of education in basic education, there are concerns on whether instructional supervision of teachers by Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs) has improved their instructional capacity to...
ABSTRACT Conflict Management is a theme that has occupied the thinking of scholars of organizations for a long period of time. Educational institutions of Kenya have experienced conflicts of varies nature. The climax of the conflicts was witnessed in the Kenyan Secondary Schools in 2008 when conflicts threatened security in schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies that principals in Migori District use in conflict management and how they affect performance. Descri...
ABSTRACT The study is an investigation of factors that affect access and participation in secondary school education. Access in education in Kenya has not been evenly distributed across sexes, regions and social groups Orodho (2002). Few girls than boys go to school or work their way up the education ladder. There are fewer places for them and the main reason for this is less pressure from parents to have their girls educated Dadid and Dharam (1974). The purpose of the study was to investiga...
ABSTRACT The central problem of this study is that despite the efforts by the government to curb the use of corporal punishment in schools, the practice has persisted in schools in Kenya. This is despite the fact that education is supposed to inculcate and instill discipline to learners critical for their success both during school time and after school. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of the use of corporal punishment, though illegal, as a means to curb discipline proble...
ABSTRACT Proper use of the available resources and putting in place cost reduction measures in schools could ease the financial burden placed on parents and make secondary education cost effective, affordable and accessible to an increased number of people. Educational needs for secondary education in Kenya is on increase since the introduction of Free Primary Education in 2003. The problem of study was to analyze the efficiency in resource utilization and cost reduction measures in public se...
ABSTRACT Sciences are subjects that equip learners with manipulative skills necessary for industrial development and hence economic growth. Several studies have shown that there are many factors affecting performance in sciences. It is however not clear which factors can enhance performance in sciences in specific schools. The purpose of the study was to examine the strategies adopted to enhance performance in sciences in public secondary schools. The objectives of the study were to; establis...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges deputy headteachers encounter in their administrative roles in public secondary schools in Bungoma North Sub-County, Kenya. This was based on the fact that the position of deputy headteachers in public secondary school presents the office holders with numerous challenges. The study objectives were to establish the extent to which role ambiguity, inadequate authority, increased workload, high indiscipline cases and interperso...
ABSTRACT Society is in constant change as a result of innovation in science and technology across the world. These changes have spilt over to the education sector and other fields which demand effective skilled labour force. The school organizations have a challenge to produce graduates who can meet the socio-economic and political demands of the dynamic society. The schools’ ability to adjust to these changes is measured by the students’ academic output in the national examinations. Scho...