ABSTRACT Kenya’s vision 2030’s social pillar on Education and training states in part that the overall goal for 2012 is to reduce illiteracy by increasing access to Education, improving transition rate in primary and secondary schools and raising the quality and relevance of education hence retention. Kenya has targeted universal primary education since independence .The retention of girls in public secondary schools in Ndhiwa has been low. Each year about 11.37 % of females drop out of s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that contribute to low student enrolment in Physics in forms three and four in secondary schools in Central Division of Garissa District, considering the importance of Physics in industrial and technical development. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study was located in Central Division of Garissa District, due to the extremely low student enrolment in Physics in North Eastern Province, with the province registeri...
ABSTRACT Kiswahili is one of the core subjects that are taught in the secondary schools curriculum in Kenya. It is also the national language in the Republic of Kenya. It is widely used both in Kenya and in the East Africa countries. Nevertheless, this subject has been experiencing some challenges in schools. The study focused on challenges facing Kiswahili in secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to investigate challenges that Kiswahili teachers and learners face and suggest possib...
ABSTRACT Implementation of Fee-Free Schooling Policy is Rwanda’s strategy to ensure equity and access to basic education. However, since the implementation of this policy, thousands of students have failed to participate in basic education hence exposing the Rwanda Educational System to wastage. The literature showed some hidden costs could be related to students participation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hidden costs and their impact on students participation in basic ...
ABSTRACT The major concern of this study is that despite the Kenya government re-introducing free primary education, some school age children are still locked out of school whereas dropout and repetition continue to be pervasive. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors contributing to low access and retention of pupils in public primary schools of Mathioya District. The objectives of the study were to establish pupil‟s enrolment and retention rates in Mathioya District pri...
ABSTRACT School Safety is an integral and indispensable component of the teaching and learning process. Indeed no meaningful teaching and learning can take place in an environment that is unsafe and insecure to both learners and staff. It is therefore important that educational stakeholders foster safe and secure school environment (Republic of Kenya, 2008). In an apparent response to tragedies that hit schools in the last decade, Ministry of Education (MOE) introduced a Safety Standards Manu...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to establish whether children with vision problems were identified early and given support to avoid visual impairment in Kiambu, Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties in Central Kenya. Although visual impairments remain a major threat especially to school children, they can be avoided through early identification. Unfortunately, children with vision problems have largely remained undetected and unsupported. Even worse, the children stand a higher risk of develo...
ABSTRACT This study sought to identify challenges in school situations and their influences on poor performance in Chemistry by students with blindness at Rwamagana School for the Blind in Eastern province of Rwanda. The study addressed the following objectives: The extent to which the state of laboratories in the school contribute to poor performance of students with blindness in Chemistry, to establish whether available teaching and learning resources assist the performance of learners with...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of secondary school principals in the management of human resources in Mathioya District, Murang’a County. The objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of principals in recruitment, selection, induction, development and motivation of staff in public secondary schools as perceived by teachers and the principals; to determine the challenges faced by principals in their role of managing human resources; t...
ABSTRACT Educational Assessment Resource Centers (EARC) are set to cater for persons with disabilities. EARCs have vast functions and thus there are a lot challenges facing the centres. Such include lack of qualified personnel who can conduct an assessment of all categories of disabilities, lack of valid assessments due to poor tools, lack of clear assessment procedures, weak policies and legislation as well as lack of parental consents. The purpose of the study was to analyze the functions a...
ABSTRACT With the country’s vision of industrialization by 2030 students’ performance in science subjects to produce the expertise to drive the country to its realization has been given the first priority. The effect of school and home-based factors may have a considerable effect on students’ performance in science subjects at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education(K.C.S.E.).The government has provided support, policy framework and teachers. It has also prioritized science performance...
ABSTRACT Fees payment in primary schools in Kenya has been highly subsidized since independence culminating in the declaration and implementation of free primary education programs in 2003. As a result, enrolment in public primary schools increased. The enrollment statistics are well documented since they are used as a basis for financing. An enrolment level in schooling institutions is in most cases determined by a variety of both economic and non-economic factors (Psacharapolous & Wood...
ABSTRACT Strategic planning is part of strategic management approach to development adopted by most of the organizations, institutions and governments world over. For effective school administration, principals, Board of governors and parents will find strategic plans helpful in coordinating and directing effort towards common goals since a strategic plan is a line of action designed by the school to achieve desired targets within a given time frame using available resources. The Ministry of ...
ABSTRACT In an effort to address the problems generated by HIV and AIDS and to avert further new infections among adolescents, a school-based intervention strategy has been widely recommended and implemented in many countries including Kenya. Nonetheless, a number of issues have been raised regarding the effectiveness of this approach. These issues revolve around the content of the HIV and AIDS education, its mode of delivery including the approaches, and the needs of HIV and AIDS educators. ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between school effectiveness and academic performance in public secondary schools of Kiambu and Nyeri Counties, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to: establish the strategies being employed by public secondary schools to improve students‟ academic performance; determine the relationship between the academic performance improvement strategies employed and the performance of students in KCSE; and identify academic perf...