ABSTRACT Educational leadership has a critical role in the transformation of society, and for change to happen, effective leaders are key. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of principals’ gender on leadership effectiveness in secondary schools in Mtito-Andei Division. The study was guided by four research objectives. The study used ex post facto research design. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents for the study. The sample size was 28 principals and...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of KEMI principals’ diploma in education management program on management practices of public secondary schools in Matungulu Sub County, Kenya. The study was guided by four objectives that is; to determine the influence of KEMI diploma training on principals’ financial management practices in Matungulu Sub-county, to establish the influence of KEMI diploma training course on principals’ Human Resource management practices...
ABSTRACT Students’ academic success is a function of several factors that affect one’s ability to stay connected, motivated and thrive in college. Attempts to address the place of co-curricular activities in colleges and schools have failed to isolate or explore on the implications of institution-based co-curricular factors on student academic performance. The study sought to investigate the influence of institution-based co-curricular factors on students’ academic performance. Specific...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate School Factors Influencing Level of Implementation of Kenya National School Health Strategic Plan in Public Secondary Schools in Kitui West Sub County. Descriptive survey research design was used to conduct the research. The researcher carried out the research in ten (10) schools. Ten(10) principals and sixty (60) teachersparticipated in the research as respondents, making a total of seventy (70) respondents. The researcher used a questionnaire for t...
v ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate on the institutionalfactors influencingcommunication by principals in public secondary schools in Kitui Central Sub-County, Kitui County. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The target population comprised of 254 respondents which comprised of 31 School principals and 223 teachers. Stratified random sampling method was used to select schools and then simple random sampling method was used to select respondents from vario...
ABSTRACT Life skills are skills for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with demands and challenges of everyday life. The classroom education alone does not contribute completely to solving these challenges. International Development Agencies have acknowledged the importance of life skills for the purpose of solving some of these problems. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between Head teachers‟ management of life skills educ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the influence of school principals' communication strategies on students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Kisasi Sub-County, Kitui County. Kenya. The study objectives sought to: establish the influence of principals’ use of school assemblies, guidance and counseling, notice boards and suggestion boxes as communication strategies on students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Kisasi Sub-County. The target population for this study w...
ABSTRACT School attachment is an important component of teacher education. Public universities have thus designed their own rules and regulations that guide school attachment practices to enable student teachers put into practice the theory they have learnt. However, school attachment practices by teacher training institutions remain a contentious issue. The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of school attachment practices on student teacher performance in teaching practice in ...
ABSTRACT Non-teaching staff are central in school management, in terms of formulation and implementation of programmes in secondary schools. Non teaching staff provide support services in management of schools and are recruited and remunerated by school management. The existing labour laws and policy directives from the government stipulates opportunities available for employees. The labour laws are meant to enhance management of school programmes and non-teaching staff in public secondary sc...
ABSTRACT School Feeding Program (SFP) was actualized in Kenya in 1980 by the public authority of Kenya in a joint effort with World Food Program (WFP). Dinners gave at schools improve quality training that adds to the monetary advancement of a nation. The examination analyzed connection among SFPs and students' learning productivity in open grade schools in Kitui County. The investigation evaluated students' maintenance, participation, change from a class to another and enrolment. Old style L...
ABSTRACT It was observed that students' performance for more than a decade both in internal and external examinations had been deteriorating even though the schools were staffed with qualified professional teachers. Thus there was a need to examine the relationship between teacher performance indicators and student academic achievement in Lagos State public senior secondary (SS) schools which is the concern of this study. Using the school as a unit of analysis, the entire population of SS 2 t...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the status of administrative use of computers in secondary schools in South-West Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was used carry out the assessment. The study sample consists of 24 four public schools and 16 private schools in Lagos State, and 44 public schools and 15 private schools in Ogun State selected randomly. Ten basic administrative duties and eight selected school characteristics were used as the basis for the assessment. A model was proposed...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the teacher's role perception and the expectation of this role by the teacher and his reference groups in selected secondary schools in Ondo State. A Questionnaire called STRES probed respondents' expectations regarding instructional, social/civic, guidance/counselling, management and personality roles of the teacher. It was hypothesised that there would be no significant differences in teachers' role perceptions and the expectations of such rol...
ABSTRACT The study examined resource quality and service delivery in four universities in South East Nigeria by ascertaining their accreditation status as well as the teacher-student ratios by various programmes taught in those institutions. It also examined the availability and adequacy of classroom communication materials; physical facilities as well as the number of lecturers in relation to teaching effectiveness. Furthermore, the study also ascertained how lecturers’ professional devel...
ABSTRACT This study examined the fidelity of implementation and eficcacy of Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in Kwara State. It investigated the gap between policy formulation and policy implementation in the UBE programme. The belief by various stakeholders in education that the huge investments made in the UBE programme had not been correspondingly compensated for by improved efficiency in basic education classes precipitated this study. A descriptive survey research design was use...