ABSTRACT Students are key stakeholders within a school in particular and the entire education establishment in general. However, they cannot be easily managed without a proper identification and implementation of certain necessary strategies. The situation worsens if schools are not aware of the existence of such strategies that would be harnessed in order to be enabled to manage them effectively. The purpose of the study was to analyze the strategies on management of students in mixed day se...
ABSTRACT The role of student leaders in school administration in Kenya and other parts of the world is increasingly becoming more complex because of the changes in technology, society, culture, encroachment of democracy and emerging issues such as child rights, human rights, HIV/AIDS and drugs. This has brought about the participatory role among the Board of Governors, the teachers, students and parents. This calls for a need to balance roles shared in school governance between the administra...
ABSTRACT The central problem to this study is that despite the governments’ increased funding to education and its commitment to use education as the spring board to attain vision 2030, there is still wastage in the education system. Wastage rates have not been adequately investigated especially in the newly created districts. The purpose of this study was to determine the 2005, 2006 and 2007 cohort wastage rates of secondary schools in Kathonzweni District. The objectives of the study wer...
ABSTRACT The degree of relationship between cost of education and earnings (Private Rate of Return) (PRR) is a determining factor in making decisions about investment choices in education. The Kenya government and individuals have continued to pay large amount of resources to acquire Technical Education (TE) for individuals to train as Artisans, Crafts persons, Technicians and Technologists whose levels of TE are Grade Test, Certificate, Diploma and Higher Diploma respectively. The monetary g...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish students’ HIV/AIDSawareness, their perceived vulnerability and sexual behaviour. Specifically the study sought to establish students’ levels of awareness about HIV/AIDS, establish the students’ sexual behaviourdetermine the students’ perceptions of vulnerability towards HIV/AIDS,and determine the relationship between students’ levels of awareness, perceived vulnerability towards HIV/AIDSand their sexual behaviour. The study was gu...
ABSTRACT The problem of the study was that internal efficiency in terms of improved rates of students‘ flow which is the main objective of Subsidized Secondary Education is costly yet the available educational resources are dwindling. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to determine the cost-saving measures and their influence on internal efficiency with specific reference to various rates of students‘ flow such as repetition, dropout, completion, graduation rates and average gradua...
ABSTRACT School leadership in Kenyan schools is the function of the head teacher. The purpose of this study was to investigate and identify the challenges faced by female head teachers in the management of secondary schools in Kangundo district and to suggest strategies for coping with the challenges. The study was guided by the following objectives; to investigate and identify the challenges faced by female head teachers in the management; to find out the effectiveness of female head teache...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to determine diversification of HELB funding of public university education and its impact on access in Kenya and seek for suitable solutions. It has been realized that the funds are not adequate to fully finance public university education causing limited access. This means that the trend of under-funding in public education sector especially the university sub-sector is expected to persist in the foreseeable future. The study evaluated the funds a...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to find out the impact of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on education of girls with hearing impairment in Gucha County which is in Kenya. FGM is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia (WHO, 1995). It results in immediate Physical Problems, for example, intense pain and/or hemorrhage that can lead to shock during and after the procedure, hemorrhage can also lead to anemia, wound infection, including tetanus, damage to adjoining orga...
ABSTRACT Schools have been identified as key settings for promotion of physical activity in children through Physical Education programs. However, participation in physical activities has some potential risk for injury. Due to this, safety procedures have always been an integral part of the Physical Education program. The purpose of this study was to assess safety precaution practices employed in Physical Education lessons in private primary schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya. This study w...
ABSTRACT Female education, especially at primary school level, is increasingly being realised to provide immense social and economic benefits for the developing countries. However, the participation of girls in education is more often constrained in these countries. As a result, gender gap persists in education despite the research evidence that girls‟ formal education is the key determinant of women‟s involvement in development for the above nations. In Kenya, the government has articula...
ABSTRACT School strategic planning is key to success of a school with regard to achievement of its mission, goals and objectives. This study sought to find out the challenges facing secondary school managers in the implementation of strategic plans in Gatundu North District, Kenya. The objectives of the study were: find out the proportion of secondary schools in Gatundu North District that engage in strategic planning; determine how participation of stakeholders in preparation of strategic pl...
ABSTRACT The education sector has tremendously grown since Kenya attained independence. From the reports of the various commissions of inquiry and task forces on education, there is evidence of the need to curb the ever rising costs of education to households in order to ensure maximum access and completion rates. The government introduced the Free Primary Education program in 2003. The launch of this initiative saw increased enrolments in primary schools. However, only about 50% of those pup...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify the pace of learning for learners with visual impairment in St. Francis School for the Blind in Pokot County. The study adopted a case study research design that used the mixed method that utilized both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The target population comprised learners with visual impairment (VI), teachers and the school headteacher, total of 170 participants. A sample size of 35.30% of the total population was used. The headteache...
ABSTRACT Feeding programme may not increase food intake of targeted individuals by 100 percent, but is provided to improve food consumption, encourage school attendance, enrolment and learning. The provision of School Feeding Programme (SFP) also may result in saving health care cost among children. Despite the benefits that may be obtained from SFP, It is not easy to administer and not provided in all pre-schools. In Kenya, the implementation process of SFP has not yet been effectively carr...