ABSTRACT Stress is a key factor in reducing the efficacy of the treatment of high blood pressure and poor sleep quality in the elderly. Yet, high blood pressure and poor sleep quality are important preventable contributors to disease and death. Inadequate sleep is one of the most common side effects of stress resulting in reduced sleep quality. To effectively manage stress, the ability to relax and create a sleep inducing environment is paramount. Given the negative impact of stress on human ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the school-based variables contributing to pupils‟ performance in English in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in public primary schools in Komothai zone in Githunguri District, Kiambu County. The objectives of this study were to determine teachers‟ qualifications and experience, availability of learning resources, pupil‟s attitude to English, teaching methodology applied in teaching English in public primary schools in Komothai ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the school-based variables contributing to pupils‟ performance in English in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in public primary schools in Komothai zone in Githunguri District, Kiambu County. The objectives of this study were to determine teachers‟ qualifications and experience, availability of learning resources, pupil‟s attitude to English, teaching methodology applied in teaching English in public primary schools in Komothai ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the perceptions of teachers about the role of performance appraisal in enhancing teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Kiambu County. The study was guided by Performance Appraisal Model by Yee and Chen (2009). The objectives of the study were: to establish the nature and types of tools used in teachers’ performance appraisal; to find out how performance appraisal has enhanced teaching and learning; to establish the challenge...
ABSTRACT Parent child neglect is a global issue which is a threat to holistic development of children. Neglected children perform poorly in school. Research has shown that parent child neglect starts at home during the early years. The study was to establish the prevalent forms of parent child neglect among lower primary school pupils’ in Mekenene Zone of Borabu Sub-county and factors influencing it. This study was guided by Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles. The dependent variable w...
ABSTRACT The study investigated challenges of learning Kiswahili amongst pupils with hearing impairment. This was driven by the fact that Kiswahili is important, not only as a national and official language in Kenya, but as a compulsory subject in primary and secondary school curricula. There had been an outcry from various stakeholders that learners performed poorly in Kiswahili in both local and national examinations. Some stakeholders had even conceded that Kiswahili overburdened learners...
ABSTRACT Globally the important role played by the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in educational institutions has grown with states putting heavy investments in the purchase of ICT equipment and providing internet access for students and teachers. The Kenya government has been encouraging the adoption of ICT in schools. However, it is not clear to what extent this has been implemented. In Mukurwe-ini Sub County the implementation of ICT has not been effective as eviden...
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...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish communication disability and their effects on educational performance of learners in mainstreamed public primary schools in Kericho County, Kenya. The study was guided by five objectives, these are to find out how learners with communication disability are mainstreamed in public primary schools, school’s policies on mainstreamed learners’ with communication disability in public primary schools, establish the teachers’ attitudes towards mainstreame...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which instruction and assessment accommodations predict academic achievement of learners with Physical Disabilities in inclusive primary schools in Southern Province and Kigali City, Rwanda. Specifically, the study sought to establish the academic achievement of learners with Physical Disabilities in inclusive primary schools, establish the relationship between adapted curricula, adapted instructional materials/ facilities, ins...
ABSTRACT Worldwide Statistic provides that, women are underrepresented in management position in education. Therefore this study sought to investigate challenges facing women involvement in educational management in Siaya County. The study objectives were to determine women representation in positions of school management, to analyze the social-cultural, economic and administrative factors and find out the strategies that women in positions of school management use in coping with the challeng...
ABSTRACT Experience in early childhood education has shown that there is need to respond to the many types of complex social issues and economic trends affecting children in developing countries as a result of family adjustments and disruptions. In the Kenyan traditional society, the family set-up was anchored on extended family arrangements and children were mainly counseled by the grandparents, aunties, uncles and other relatives. This ensured a solid background which was healthy for the d...
ABSTRACT School attendance is seen as one of the measures to ensure that all school going children are in school. Children’s poor school attendance is not just a Kenyan predicament but rather a global concern. The Kenyan government in the recent past has put in a lot of efforts to ensure attendance of all school children with the introduction of Free Primary Education (FPE) in the year 2003. Despite these efforts, there have been few studies carried out in Kibera to establish how socio-econ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges facing teaching and learning of agriculture in public secondary schools in Kakuyuni Division. The objectives of the study were to: find out the current status in teaching and learning of agriculture, uncover the institutional-based challenges and determine the non-institutional challenges in the teaching and learning of agriculture in secondary schools. Descriptive Survey research design was used for the study. Questionnaire an...
ABSTRACT School based Teacher Development Programme (SbTD) is an in-service course for primary school teachers that aims at improving the quality of Primary School Education. In Siaya District SbTD was implemented in 2003 and by the time of this study, 486 out of 2785 teachers had undergone through the training in 8 zones under study out of 22 zones in the district in June,2006. Formative assessment of the programme in Siaya in 2006 revealed that out of 230 SbTD trained teachers assessed, on...