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 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 This purpose of this study was meant to analyze the importance and effects of school feeding programme on access to primary education among the socio-economically and nutritionally vulnerable children in unplanned settlement of Kibera. The study strove to help education managers to understand the problems and challenges that have, for long time, kept a large number of children out of school despite the abolition of all levies in primary schools in 2003. It is envisaged that appropri...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the roles played by HODs in administrative duties in secondary schools in Kiambu District, Kiambu County. The study focused on the key administrative areas of curriculum, instruction, financial management, teacher management and student management with the aim of comparing expected roles of Heads of Departments against how these roles are perceived by the teachers, head teachers and HODs themselves. Hopefully this is going to justify a training needs a...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the impact of land clashes on access to primary and secondary education in Chepyuk settlement scheme, Mt Elgon district. The objectives of the study were to assess the impact of land clashes on enrolment, staffing, and educational infrastructure. The study adopted the descriptive survey design where the three secondary and fifteen primary schools in the region were sampled purposively. The respondents included eighteen head teachers, seventy two teac...
ABSTRACT Academic locus of control refers to a learner’s belief of the cause of his/her academic achievement. It is therefore a learner’s conviction that success in academics is either as a consequence of one’s effort or external forces like fate and luck. A Learner’s academic locus of control is either internally or externally oriented. In a learning environment, a learner with internal locus of control orientation has high likelihood of benefiting more from the teaching and learnin...
ABSTRACT Education is important to both the individual and the society because it helps one to grow physically, mentally and socially. It also brings developments in the society. In particular the primary education lays the foundation for further education and training. Despite its importance, learners in primary schools seem not to participate fully due to dropout and repetition. This study, therefore, sought to establish determinants of wastage in public primary schools in Starehe District...
ABSTRACT Parents being the educators of children play a key role in their learning. Children’s learning from their parents not only forms the foundation of future learning but also has a great influence on their performance. Even though parental involvement in children’s learning has been associated with high levels of achievement. Mother’s involvement is not as anticipated. This has be attributed to emerging issues that include economic inflation, HIV and AIDS and change in family sys...
ABSTRACT The performance of learners in public secondary schools in Tharaka-Nithi County has consistently been low for a long time. There are many factors that may have contributed to the low performance in this County. However, the influence of classroom management practices on the academic performance is a matter that has not been given attention. The study sought to assess the influence of the classroom management practices on the learners‟ academic achievements in public secondary scho...
ABSTRACT Children require language skills to cope with tasks in schools and entire life. In contemporary society, early childhood period has been associated with school completion rate and personal living patterns in future. However, research to show the impact of music in promoting children’s language skills is inadequate despite the notable developments that music sounds encourage listening and develop children’s interests to learn meaning of sounds. The purpose of the study was to es...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the role of students‟ councils in enhancing discipline in public secondary schools in Likoni Sub-county in Mombasa County. The study was guided by the following objectives: to establish the criteria of selection of students leaders in enhancing the implementation of discipline, to determine the effectiveness of students‟ council in enhancing discipline; to examine the challenges experienced by students‟ councils in public secondary schoo...
ABSTRACT Strategic planning as a tool is highly regarded in many institutions and organizations. Despite the introduction of Strategic Plans in learning institutions in Kenya, learners and stakeholders expectations have not been met years after the plans were put in place. While a number research studies on strategy implementation have been carried in various organizations, none has been undertaken to determine the roles of stakeholders and resource related impediments to implementation of S...
ABSTRACT Since early 1960‘s the Kenyan government showed her commitment to the provision of Universal Primary Education (Republic of Kenya, 1964). When NARC formed government in 2003, primary education was declared to be free and compulsory (MOEST, 2003). The main problem for this study was that, despite the critical role played by the Ministry of Education, in ensuring supervision in primary schools, its effectiveness has not been realized since schools continue to experience: - Teacher s...
ABSTRACT The rising number of family breakdown worldwide is a great concern which has prompted the researcher to conduct this study. When tragedy strikes; most parents are not able to attend to their children’s needs immediately after divorce or separation. Divorce and separation destroy the relationship between parents and children. Due to family conflicts and breakdown the child may be pre-occupied with worries at home, withdrawn and not able to fully get involved in school activities he...
ABSTRACT Societies world over look upon the 21st Century education sector to produce learners who are ready for the present technological demands of the workplace. Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education is seen as one of the best ways of preparing learners for the workplace. However, the education sector seems to lag other sectors in the uptake of ICTs. The NEPAD e-Schools initiative in Kenya is a Pan-African venture aimed to make learners and teachers ...