ABSTRACT Education has been considered a basic constituent in the development process of any nation. The educated people always have skills that are vital for sustainable economic growth and improved standards of living. Secondary education, which is very vital in the economic development, is accorded a comparatively lower financial allocation. The prevailing case necessitates that this level of education devices means by which income can be mobilised to supplement the meagre resources access...
ABSTRACT Education has been considered a basic constituent in the development process of any nation. The educated people always have skills that are vital for sustainable economic growth and improved standards of living. Secondary education, which is very vital in the economic development, is accorded a comparatively lower financial allocation. The prevailing case necessitates that this level of education devices means by which income can be mobilised to supplement the meagre resources access...
ABSTRACT The implementation of FPE in the year 2003 introduced many challenges to teaching and learning in public primary schools in Kenya. This study sought to find out the effects of the inception of FPE in Kenya in 2003 on the teaching and learning of English in public primary schools in Eldoret municipality. The specific objectives were to: determine the influence of FPE on teaching and learning resources; establish the influence of teaching techniques on the English language teaching an...
ABSTRACT Planning is the first element of administration and it focuses on what will be achieved, when it will be achieved and how it will be achieved. Strategic plans are long term plans between 5-10 years developed by the top management of an organization. Strategic planning is a key to school success in terms of vision, mission and objectives. In spite of the importance of strategic planning schools do not formulate strategic plans. The purpose of the study was to find out the effectivene...
ABSTRACT Education is perceived as a basic human right for all regardless of individual differences and a key ingredient for socio-economic development. Access, retention and participation are achieved through emphasis on inclusive education in regular schools for learners with special needs and disabilities. The purpose of this study was to establish constraints facing inclusive education for children with special needs in public primary schools in Embu East District, Embu County, Kenya. Th...
ABSTRACT Inclusive education is the practice of teaching learners with special education needs alongside their normal peers in regular classroom setting, instead of segregating them in special classrooms. Inclusive education emanates from the belief that the right to education is a basic human right and a foundation for a more just society. Any student can learn and benefit from education. Schools should therefore adapt to the needs of all students.Despite many efforts geared to successful i...
ABSTRACT Modern assistive technology can move a long way in improving the quality of special education through making students with special needs more independent. Analogy assistive technology which is mainly used in Kenyan special school is slow, bulky, inefficient and dependent. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the potential of modern assistive technology in educational achievement for students with visual impairment at Kibos special secondary school. The study employed a...
ABSTRACT Teaching and learning resources greatly influence standard and quality of education since they affect the teaching and learning process at all levels. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges facing effective use of learning resources in public secondary schools in Bureti sub-county .The specific objectives of this study were:- to determine the instructional resources needed in the teaching and learning of Geography in Bureti sub-county secondary schools, to the ex...
ABSTRACT Policy makers in Kenya have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening the country's secondary education system, but many challenges remain. As the country successfully boosted primary school enrollment rates to nearly universal coverage, the number of children seeking secondary education has soared. In an attempt to enhance access, programmes such as Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) have been launched by the government. Yet secondary education must fill dual role...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of selected parental Socio-Economic Status (SES) on Academic Performance (AP) of students in Secondary Schools in Cheptais Sub-county of Bungoma County in Kenya. The objectives of this study were: ascertain the correlation between parents‟ income and children‟s academic performance, examine the correlation between parents‟ educational level and children‟s academic performance and establish the correlation between parents...
ABSTRACT The central problem of this study was that in spite of the aggressive campaigns against Child Labour by the International Community, through international conventions such as the ILO minimum age convention No. 138, ILO recommendations 146, ILO convention 182, UN convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Kenya Government efforts to combat Child Labour by enacting Laws such as the Children’s Act 2001 among others, Child Labour still remains a threat not only to access an...
Abstract This study examined teaching techniques that enhance integration in the development of English language skills in secondary schools in Gatundu District, Kenya. The researcher used survey design. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate teaching techniques that enhance the integration in the development of English language skills. Both purposive and stratified random samplings were used to select schools and respondents. A sample of 20 English language teachers and 10 head...
ABSTRACT Guidance and counseling plays a very important role in discipline management. Discipline motivates students to do what is right for the right reason. The purpose of this study was to find out extent to which guidance and counseling manages student discipline in secondary schools in Kirinyaga West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish the status of guidance and counseling programs in secondary schools, to find out common forms of discipline...
ABSTRACT The study was set out to investigate the extent to which teachers of Christian Religious Education (CRE) implement the life approach strategy in teaching of the subject in primary schools in Voi. Also it was designed to find out whether the teachers use the recommended life approach lesson structure; recommended teaching and learning resource materials; recommended teaching and learning method and why teachers do/don`t use life approach strategy in teaching CRE. The survey was descri...
ABSTRACT The objective of inclusive education calls for children with special needs to attend the same classes in the"regular schools along side with the rest of the pupils with no special needs. Inclusive education is primarily about restructuring school cultures policies and practices so that they respond to the diversity of students in the locality. It sees individual difference•s not as problems to be fixed, but as opportunity for enriching learning and for education system to embrace ...