Abstract/Overview Abstract The study investigated the influence of marital status on teachers’ self-efficacy in public secondary schools of Kisumu County, Kenya. Concurrent Triangulation Design was adopted to collect quantitative and qualitative data from samples of 327 students and 12 teachers. The interview schedule and questionnaire were piloted with 2 and 33 teachers respectively, who did not participate in the survey. Piloting helped to clarify the test items, determine construct v...
Abstract/Overview Board of governors (BOGs) and parent teacher association (PTAs) can rightly be described as the life blood of a school. They constitute an important component of the school leadership, management and governance structure. They also form an important link between the school and the community. Through such a link local ownership is enhanced. Through their involvement in the life of the school, local resources are mobilised and also school leadership and management is stren...
Abstract/Overview Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Board of Governor (BOG) constitute an integral part of the school governance and/or leadership and management structure. They make a significant contribution to the teaching and learning process of a school. They provide a very important interface between the school and the community. The two bodies are therefore considered a key stakeholder in the education of a child. Therefore, their involvement in the life of the school is very im...
Abstract/Overview This article reports on the quantitative research survey findings regarding the challenges related to the teaching and learning resources affecting small and medium sized public secondary schools in Kenya. The aim of this study is to investigate the secondary school principals’ views on the teaching and learning resources related challenges facing small and medium sized secondary schools. The study took place in Nyamira County and adopted a quantitative survey design. ...
Abstract/Overview The purpose of this study was to establish the challenges that confront principals of secondary schools in Nyamira County in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey and questionnaires were employed to collect data. The study sample consisted of 87 principals purposively selected from schools in the County. The quantitative data from questionnaires was analysed with the aid of SPSS (statistical package for social science). The study established that principals faced...
Abstract/Overview This article reports on the findings from a quantitative research study on learning resources in Kenya’s secondary schools. The purpose of this study is to investigate the secondary school principals’ perception on the learning resources. The study adopted a quantitative survey design involving 81 secondary principals, selected purposively. Data was collected using a questionnaire (open and closed-ended, rating scale items). Data was analysed using Statistical Packag...
Abstract/Overview In Kenya, weaknesses in human resource planning has affected training and deployment of teachers and thus distorted their distribution and utilization. In Butula Sub-County, there is uneven distribution of the teacher resource across the various categories of public secondary schools yet availability of teachers to implement any curriculum in any institution of learning is very vital. The purpose of this study therefore was to find out the challenges in teacher recruitme...
Abstract/Overview The purpose of the study was to find out influence of school based income generating projects on retention rate in secondary education in Kisii County. The objectives of the study were to: find out various income generating projects; find out how income generating projects were utilized to address students’ retention rate and establish the challenges facing sustenance of Income Generating Projects (IGPs) on retention of students in secondary schools. The target populat...
Abstract/Overview Support staff plays a pivotal role in secondary schools by helping to reduce none teaching load on teachers. However, they do this under very difficult conditions such as low salaries and wages, work more than 8 hours a day, are required to work in undesignated areas and are not recognized in their work. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to establish the influence of the working conditions of the support staff on work performance in public secondary schools in Rari...
Abstract/Overview Abstract: The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of principals’ maintenance of ICT equipment on usage of ICT for teaching and learning in secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Concurrent triangulation within mixed methods research design was used. Disproportionate stratified random sampling was used to select99 principals from a study population of 132in order to administer questionnaires on them. Furthermore, 28 principals, 28 deputy principals ...
Abstract/Overview The objective of the study was to establish the impact of Teachers Performance Appraisal(TPA) policy on effectiveness in curriculum evaluation in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study employed a Correlational research design. Additionally, the study used Stratified random sampling technique to select 179 Principals and 179 Deputy Principals. Consequently, the study used questionnaires to collect data from the Principals and Deputy Principals. The study also tested...