ABSTRACT The Kenyan government is committed to providing adequate teaching and learning resources by financing basic education for all its citizens. In spite of this commitment, sufficiency of resources remains unachieved in public schools due to inadequate financial resources in most parts of the country. The purpose of this study was to find out methods of resource mobilization and allocation amongst subjects in public secondary schools in Makueni County. This study utilized the cost-effect...
ABSTRACT Since the early years, children with learning disabilities were enrolled in special schools and this led to their segregation from regular schools. They were basically looked down upon in the society. Today the government and key educational stakeholders have put great efforts in trying to include these learners into mainstream schools where they learn with the regular pupils. This has not been successful since not all children with special learning needs and who have attained the s...
ABSTRACT The Education Sector in Kenya and other parts of the world has faced many challenges particularly dropouts, which is an indicator of low internal efficiency during the past two decades. The Kenyan government introduced Free Day Secondary Education in 2008 to increase access rates to secondary education which will in turn result in increased completion rates hence increased transition rates. This study sought to determine and analyze the dropout levels of Mixed Day Secondary Schools i...
ABSTRACT The central problem of this study was to trace the influence of socio-economic factors on transition from primary to secondary school level in Mwingi central Sub County; Kitui County. The transition rate to secondary school in Mwingi Central District stood at 66.5% in 2015, a transition rate below the government target of 70%. The study sought to establish the factors that influence transition to secondary school. The study also sought to relate the parental level of education and tr...
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 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 Despite the vital role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the economic development of the least developed countries like Tanzania, yet there are some socio-economic and development challenges associated with lack of basic life-sustaining needs (health, shelter, food and protection), poor standard of living, low productivity and lower range of socio-economic choices. The study aimed at examining the contribution of FDI to poverty reduction in Tanzania from 1988 - 2018. The general...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing transition of pupils from primary school to secondary school in Machakos Subcounty. This study was necessitated by the relatively low transition rate of pupils in Machakos Sub-County of 75% compared to the national transition rate of 84%. The study was guided by three objectives which are to determine; the influence of cost of education on transition rates, the influence of parent’s educational level on...
ABSTRACT Basic education is very critical in any education system because of the crucial role it plays in catalyzing national development. Consequently, maintaining a high student enrolment at this level should be a priority for all countries. The Constituency Bursary Fund (CBF) was established by the government of Kenya through an Act of Parliament in 2003. The purpose of this study was to investigate equity in bursary allocation in relation to internal efficiency of secondary schools in Bun...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess operational risks management by listed commercial banks in Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive research design approach. Purposive sampling technique was adopted in the selection of one hundred and three (103) respondents for the study. The study used quantitative data from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was collected by using questionnaire. The study adopted both the descriptive and inferential data analysis. The study found amon...
ABSTRACT Adequate academic resources are necessary for high performance in science subjects. In Kakamega South Sub-County secondary schools students’ low performance in science subjects was below 6.00 by 2014 KCSE. The sub-county posted lower means in science subjects compared to neighbouring sub-counties; averagely, 2012 to 2014; Mumias posted 5.539, Kakamega Central 4.940 and Kakamega South 4.071. Also the sub-county was posting an average negative deviation (-0.566) in comparison to the ...
Abstract The Tanzanian government has established a goal to transform the country into a middle-income and semi-industrialized state by 2025. To promote this transformation, the government exempted the Value Added Tax on capital commodities in FY 2017-2018 as a way to promote utilization of these commodities by manufacturing industries and generate growth, employment, and increased incomes. This study analyzes the impact of a reduction in Value Added Tax on capital commodities (electricity, v...
ABSTRACT This dissertation provides an outline of the state of the art of international standardization and the attendant process of conformity assessment. Where possible reference is made to Namibian developments in order to either reinforce or contrast the issue being discussed. Given the ongoing usage by Namibia of the South African standards and conformity assessment architecture, significant reference is also made to South African developments and practices. Likewise, reference is also ...
ABSTRACT The paper seeks to explore the relationship between the Multilateral Trade System (MTS) and the African Regional Integration System(s)(RIS). This is done through the analysis of norm formation on trade-in Regional Integration Systems (RIS). In this analysis, the manner in which the African Regional Integration Systems use the soft and hard law strategies to reproduce themselves institutionally on trade issues is carefully explored. This is done by looking at specific case studies of...
ABSTRACT This project was basically carried out to investigate, analyze and ameliorate the roles of principals of secondary school in Kebbi State. From the findings, one of the major functions and responsibilities of principals is to improve and facilitate efficient curriculum implementation, enhance teaching and learning activities of the schools as well as deploy financial and material resources of the schools in order to meet the learner’s needs.