ABSTRACT The study 3rincipals' financial management practices in Anambra State Junior Schools. Five research questions and five hypotheses were raised as gt research design adopted was a descriptive survey research design. A_ ramping technique was adopted for selecting 309 respondents’ con principals and 154 vice principals. The instrument titled Principal Financial I'v1H Questioner (PFMQ) was designed and used to collect data from these respondents. Mean, standard deviation, and t-test wa...
ABSTRACT The essence of this study was to determine the impact of the gender issues on the academic performance of learners in selected schools of Soy Division , Uasin Gishu West, Kenya. Specific objectives of the study were to: examine the impact of gender on academic performance of learners in Kiobatek district and to examine strategies used by schools to improve on the academic performance of the girls and boys in Soy Division . The methods used for data collection were face to face inter...
ABSTRACT The school based program is a holiday based in service that allows working people all over the country to further their education. Stringent conditions from their employers in some cases have made it very difficult for teachers to enroll for fulltime studies. Thus, this programme is a new development in teacher training in Kenya leading to widening access to education .Enrolment indices for both primary and secondary school teachers in the SBP have increased. The main objectives of ...
ABSTRACT Instructional leaders aim at improving the effectiveness of instruction in order to increase the achievement of all students. These leaders should know when, how, and why to initiate and sustain instructional change, create a school-wide inclusive culture of high expectations for achievement and for rigor, relevance, and respect in the classroom. Instructional leadership is principally the role the head teacher of a school. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of he...
ABSTRACT Student sexual harassment has become a pervasive problem in institutions of learning worldwide. This is in spite of existing global and local laws, policies, rules and regulations. This has left thousands of students affected daily, regardless of their gender. Research findings suggest that sexual harassment negatively affects students’ self-esteem. However, many of these findings are based on contexts outside Kenya thereby leaving a huge gap in knowledge given that self-esteem is ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the school-based variables contributing to pupils‟ performance in English in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in public primary schools in Komothai zone in Githunguri District, Kiambu County. The objectives of this study were to determine teachers‟ qualifications and experience, availability of learning resources, pupil‟s attitude to English, teaching methodology applied in teaching English in public primary schools in Komothai ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the school-based variables contributing to pupils‟ performance in English in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in public primary schools in Komothai zone in Githunguri District, Kiambu County. The objectives of this study were to determine teachers‟ qualifications and experience, availability of learning resources, pupil‟s attitude to English, teaching methodology applied in teaching English in public primary schools in Komothai ...
ABSTRACT School based Teacher Development Programme (SbTD) is an in-service course for primary school teachers that aims at improving the quality of Primary School Education. In Siaya District SbTD was implemented in 2003 and by the time of this study, 486 out of 2785 teachers had undergone through the training in 8 zones under study out of 22 zones in the district in June,2006. Formative assessment of the programme in Siaya in 2006 revealed that out of 230 SbTD trained teachers assessed, on...
ABSTRACT Women have lagged behind as far as equity in all spheres of life is concerned and their participation in education management relative to men decreases at successive higher levels. World Bank report on gender and development (2003) noted that the number of women holding management positions was lower than that of men. In Kenya traditionally, women were viewed as inferior to men and marginalized in all sectors of development, Chacha (2004). There was need to look at the position of w...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at finding out the perceived effect of social network browsing on learning behaviour of University students in Mombasa County of Kenya. A cross sectional survey research design was employed in this study. Colleges in Mombasa County were stratified into private and public university colleges. Two colleges from each stratum were selected by convenience sampling and a sample size of 367 students selected. Students from each class in the nominal roll of the colleges wer...
Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to find out how teachers of history utilized various instructional resources. It also focused on availability of instructional resources for teaching history in some secondary schools of Hodan District in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Hodan was chosen as the location of the study because it has the highest number of schools in the district of Banadir region. In the study, only private secondary schools were used as there has not been single...
ABSTRACT As many organisations especially educational institutions seek to fight competition in the market place, many of them have had to adopt different competitive strategies in order to attract and retain customers as well as improve on their performance. Developing quality standards in education as a competition tool and sustaining the coveted quality continues to be a great test for many institutions. Quality in Education is when the education given is claimed to satisfy the students‘...
ABSTRACT Physics is a science subject that provides the foundation of industrial, technological and economic development of any country. The ministry of education Kenya has been dispersing to schools Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) funds amounting to 22,240 for schools to buy laboratory equipment among other needs which are important in the practical approach of teaching. Despite this, student’s achievement in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) physics in Njoro Sub C...
ABSTRACT Secondary education is regarded as the most important stage in the educational cycle of a child because it is the foundation for further education, training and work. The quality of instruction and internal efficiency of institutions providing it should be high if secondary school education is to achieve its objectives. However, the quality of instruction and internal efficiency of public secondary schools in Kitui county has been poor. Literature shows that the implementation of SS...
ABSTRACT The debate about inclusive education has been lessened in many parts of the world and the society in Kenya is trying to digest into the education system the integration of pupils with special needs in an inclusive setting. Despite all these efforts there are still some challenges that affect inclusive education in our society from international level to local level. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence the integration of pupils with special needs in an...