ABSTRACT Horticulture industry sustains millions of livelihoods in Kenya. Over the last decade, passion fruit has emerged as an important high market value horticultural crop following the establishment of new and expansion of existing large scale beverage producers that use local fruits for juice extraction. There has also been growing export markets and increasing numbers of health conscious consumers. Currently, the productivity levels are low, at 8 ton ha-1 compared to potential of 24 to...
ABSTRACT The present study examined phonological variability in the spoken English of secondary school students in a co-curricular Kenyan secondary school in Machakos District. From the onset, this research purposed to do the following: identify and describe phonological variation in the spoken English used by Mikuini Secondary School students; use the social network construct to describe the density in relation to their Christian denominational leanings and to describe the correlation b...
ABSTRACT Today, influences such as globalization, urbanization and technology have led to fast-changing trends in music. Often, social occasions that were traditionally set apart with a view to learning and engaging with cultural activities such as children game songs and other types of songs have been replaced with other social activities such as media entertainment, sports, holiday travel and other contemporary activities. One of the negative outcomes of modernization and urbanization is th...
ABSTRACT To address gaps in management of public primary schools and provision of quality education, the Ministry of Education periodically supports head teachers of public primary schools to undertake induction courses in education management in order to improve management practices at school level. One of the many induction courses supported by the Ministry of Education and organised by Kenya Education Management Institute is the Induction Course in Educational Management. This course targe...
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 The purpose of the study was to investigate disaster preparedness in public secondary schools in Githunguri District. This study was prompted by the many disasters that have affected schools in the district especially fire disasters, therefore the need to determine how well prepared the schools are to handle disasters. The objectives of the study were: to examine disaster preparedness policies in schools; to assess disaster awareness among the school community members; to identify th...
ABSTRACT The study was influenced by increased concern by the Head teachers and other stakeholders of the increased myriad administrative challenges encountered in Management of pupils following an enactment of Children Act 2001, which banned corporal punishment in all schools in 2001 and also the provision of Free Primary Education (FPE) in public primary schools in 2003. The study sought to establish the following study objectives; determine the challenges public primary school head teacher...
ABSTRACT In Kenya, female students and especially those from Arid and Semi-Arid and marginal areas are underrepresented at various educational levels, particularly at University Level. The interventions to widen access and participation in Kenya for female students have been instituted centrally using affirmative action which led to increase in female access and participation but has also led to socioeconomic and regional inequality. This is because it has given advantage to female stud...
ABSTRACT Foreign language instruction is most effective when it takes place through meaningful, motivating, and interactive activities of cognitive and socio-cultural nature. Foreign languages instructional materials are generally produced by the native speakers of the language guided by their own culture, without consideration of the culture of any other users of the materials. Many learners of Japanese language have been found to have difficulties in mastering the language. This study sough...
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 The use of computers world over has changed the way we do many things. In the developed world, the integration of computers in teaching and learning has proved to be a worthwhile experience. This study sought to establish the availability and utilization of computers for teaching and learning Business Studies in Nairobi County‟s Westlands district – Kenya. The objectives of this research were: (i) to investigate the availability and accessibility of general purpose computers to t...
ABSTRACT This study was intended to establish the patterns of pronunciation and writing for Somali Braille because a Standard Somali Braille does not exist. It examined, identified and hypothesized the similarity of speech sounds, grapheme symbols and Braille codes, based on experiment and a 3x2 factorial design. The independent variables were Braille codes and Somali print, while the dependent variable was Somali Braille. The population were students, who were blind (112) and low vision...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the effect of the animations embedded in e-learning materials produced at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. The first objective of this study was to determine the influence of instructional values inculcated by animations embedded in Interactive Digital Content (IDC) on performance of learners in Physics. The second objective was to determine the effect of animations on the concentration span of learners while learning Physics and the last one was t...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to establish if emotional intelligence and academic self- efficacy beliefs significantly predict academic achievement among form four students in public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. Specifically the study sought to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence, academic self-efficacy beliefs and academic achievement and to develop the prediction equation of academic achievement from emotional intelligence and academic self-efficacy b...