ABSTRACT Co-curricular activities (CCA) have an important role to play in students' life. Students participate in the activities to enhance their learning skills while boosting their self-esteem. Through participation in CCA students can identify their potential talents and utilize them in ways that improve their lifestyle. Headteachers rarely possess any formal school managerial and leadership training since their appointments is usually based on their teaching record instead of their leader...
ABSTRACT The tenet of this study was that despite the critical role of physics in promoting scientific and technological development, students‟ performance in this subject was quite dismal. Factors leading to this dismal performance had not been adequately investigated and well - understood, hence hindering development of science education in the country. To this end ,the purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing students‟ performance in physics at KCSE level in selected ...
ABSTRACT One of the challenges facing Kenya in the teaching of Physics in secondary schools is how to make learners acquire knowledge, build up capacity for critical thinking in solving problems in any situation and make an effort to enable them understand the application of content in real life situations and careers. Based on this challenge, the present study was designed to determine the effect of investigative science process skill teaching strategy on students’ achievement, problem sol...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed major functions of Board of Management in facilitating quality education of public education secondary schools in Kajiado North District, Kenya. The study examined the effectiveness of Board of Management as a salient prerequisite to success of the schools in all areas of operations so as to create enabling environment to carter for efficient school management which would improve academic standards and provide quality education. The study was mainly guided establis...
ABSTRACT Provision of quality education is a major concern for countries in the world today (UN declaration 1948).This explains why knowledge of the factors that affect academic achievement is vital to educationists, teachers, parents and learners. The performance of pupils at grade 8 continues to be discouraging in Mumoni district with no student getting 400 marks in KCPE in public schools for the last three years. This raises the question: what can the schools and communities do to increase...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that influence instructional supervision in Prisons Staff Training College (PSTC) Ruiru, Kiambu County. The objectives of the study were; To establish the level of education among instructional supervisors in PSTC, to identify the supervisory strategies used by supervisors on instructional supervision in PSTC, to establish how the status of the curriculum affects instructional supervision in PSTC, determine the problems that are...
ABSTRACT In spite of the fact that most teachers of the English language have been trained in the use of instructional media, learning the English language is a challenge as seen in performance indicators in Bungoma North district. The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe secondary school English language teachers’ use of instructional media for purposes of enhancing the teaching and learning of their students and the extent to which these media are used. The objectives of ...
ABSTRACT Determining classroom communication and academic performance of learners with hearing impairment was central to this study. While language and communication are perceived as the main problems encountered by learners with HI, it is assumed that, if teachers and learners are able to communicate, learners with HI can learn. The main argument of this study is that, although proficiency in SL among teachers does play a great role in the education of learners with HI, it is not sufficient ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the implementation of IEP for effective teaching of learners with CP in two Special Primary Schools in Kisumu County Kenya. The study was guided by descriptive survey design. Multistage sampling was used which involved: Purposive Sampling to select sub-counties, schools, classes and head teachers. To select teachers and learners, stratified and simple random sampling was used. Sample size was 2 head teachers, 16 teachers teaching learners with CP, and 40 learners w...
ABSTRACT This study looked at inclusive education for children with autism at City Primary School in Nairobi Province, Kenya. The school was purposively sampled because it is the first school to practice inclusive education for children with autism in Kenya. Inclusive Education is the process of educating children with disability with those without disability in ordinary regular schools by catering for needs of all children irrespective of their ability or disability through appropriate curri...
ABSTRACT Kenya has been witnessing a persistent increase in cases of individuals displaying negative social dispositions, indicating a nation on the moral decline. Evidently, majority of the citizens continue to act contrary to such basic values like respect, honesty, responsibility and diligence, a situation that threatens harmonious coexistence and consequently national progress. The above state of affairs has prevailed despite efforts by the government to inculcate good character among chi...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the challenges facing music learners with cerebral palsy (CP) in Joy Town Secondary School for the physically impaired in Kiambu County Kenya. It had been observed that interest in learning music diminished among learners with cerebral palsy as they proceeded from form one to form two. This prompted the interest to carry out a research on the causes of these changes in interest in music for these learners. The study investigated the challenges t...
ABSTRACT In recent decades there has been a proliferation of studies on the empirical aspect of the parental attitudes on academic development of children. Results show that family socioeconomic levels, typology characteristics, a suitable home environment and parents' positive attitude on a child are factors affecting the academic development of the vast majority of children. Apparently, parents‟ positive attitude towards their children and family support increase pupils‟ confidence in t...
ABSTRACT The research problem addressed was that, in the last four years Borabu District has experienced an observable decline in academic performance especially in the day secondary schools. The general low academic performance could be associated with home, school, teacher and student factors. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors which influence the academic performance of day secondary schools in Borabu District. The objectives of the study were to find out the influence of:...
ABSTRACT Mathematics is essential for daily life and plays a crucial role in school curricula; yet students‘ performance in it remains very low worldwide, Somalia not being exceptional. This study intended to find out whether teacher characteristics, teaching methods, use of teaching resources and student attitudes towards mathematics affect students‘ performance in mathematics or not. The study was conducted in Banadir region of Somalia, which has a total of seventy secondary schools wit...