ABSTRACT The Ministry of Education initiated the integration of computer technologies in teaching of school curriculum in order to enhance quality of education in Kenya. Poor performance in Kiswahili subject skills has been experienced for a while, among majority students in sub-county secondary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. The integration of CAI in teaching of Languages, helps to transform pedagogical skills in order to improve learners’ performance. The purpose of this study was ...
ABSTRACT Since the declaration of Education for All (EFA) in Jomtien (Thailand) in 1990, quality education has been high in the agenda of the international community. This has created the need to improve the quality of education in many developed and developing countries. In response to international commitments to EFA goals, the Government of the Republic of Kenya is committed to improving the quality of education in secondary schools. For example, the Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI) ...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this project was to investigate social media effects on the teaching learning process in secondary schools in Nyamira North, Nyamira County, Kenya. This is due to the revolutionizing aspect of social media on organizational performance. Many people including education stakeholders are using the social networking sites than ever before. In educational institutions, social media usage is influencing the students‟ examination performance. The objectives of this study w...
ABSTRACT Teachers and school administrators recognize the important role that guidance and counseling plays in School management. Guidance and counseling in most Kenyan schools is not effective as indicated by the many cases of indiscipline in the schools. The head teacher as the chief architect of the school is responsible for the overview of the systems, processes and resources and how they combine to produce intended student learning outcomes. This implies that the success or failure of a ...
ABSTRACT Despite the gains achieved through free primary education, there are still factors that hamper participation in education by children in Kenyan primary schools. For children from poor backgrounds, one such issue is child labour. The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of child labour on participation of children in public primary education in Kayole Division Nairobi County. It was informed by the following objectives: to determine the nature of child labour in Nairobi ...
ABSTRACT The search for quality education has been winding and tedious. It dates back to the days of the missionaries, who introduced the first formal education in the form of 3 R’s; a Rithmetic, Read, wRite. The Africans disenchanted by this type of education attempted to manage their “own” education but flopped due to lack of technical know-how. A reprieve came after independence when the government ensured the education of a Kenyan child was at par with that of the white. Subsequent ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate determinant of social interaction on learning of children with autism in regular pre-schools in Nairobi County. The research objectives of the study were prevalence of autism, preschool existing culture, nature of training of preschool teachers, diet of children living with autism, attitude of teachers towards children with autism. Studies show that countries like U.S.A, China, South Africa and Zimbabwe are including children with autism i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify learning challenges faced by special need education learners in public primary schools in Mvita division, Mombasa County. The objectives of the study are: 1) To investigate social culture challenges facing learners in special need education in public schools 2) To assess school related challenges facing learners in special needs education in public schools, 3). To determine teacher based challenges facing learners in special need education in...
ABSTRACT This study presents the current factors that contribute to drop out of girls in mixed day secondary school s in Kasarani District in Nairobi province, with a view of getting possible strategies for countering the problems that causes girls to drop out of school. The study was guided by the following objectives; To determine the extent to which school factors in fluence the girls’ dropout rate, to establish the influence of teachers’ attitude on the drop out rate of girls, to...
ABSTRACT Despite the fact that trained teachers leave institutions of higher learning with professional documents that certify their qualifications, the training exercise and period are not adequate to guarantee delivery of quality services by the new graduates or appointees. Beginning teachers are reported to find it challenging to perform their duties as competent professionals do. The main objective of this study was to find out the role of teacher peer mentoring in the instructional ...
ABSTRACT The research intended to investigate the contribution of life skills education to young persons with visual impairment. The objectives of the study were to determine the skills that support the young persons with VI in their daily living acivities, to establish the opinions of young persons with VI and their parents/guardians towards life skills education taught in schools and to establish the benefits of life skills education to independent living of young persons with VI. The study...
ABSTRACT In this study the researcher studied the relationship between the HIV Status and pupils‟ self-concept, behavioral attitudes and progress in academic performance. The main aim was to investigate how the self-concept, behavioral attitudes and academic performance may interact with each other in the face of HIV/AIDS scourge and the likely outcomes. The researcher has also studied the inherent sex differences in both the behavioral attitudes and self-concept as an antecedent variable. ...
ABSTRACT Overweight and obesity in all populations are now realised as worldwide epidemic health problems. The aetiology of these conditions suggests a disruption in regulation of energy at the population level, leading to a positive energy balance and excess adiposityamong others.Overweight and obesity can be defined in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI), which is the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters (kg/m2).The aim of this study was, therefore, to measure the B...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken with the aim of providing information on the levels of ability of the students of secondary schools on reading comprehension in English language in Vihiga District in Western Province of Kenya. It was meant to determine the factors that influence reading comprehension, the knowledge they have about reading comprehension skills, reading activities organized for their own reading development and problems they encounter in reading and answering questions in rea...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the contributions of Health Education (HE) to Oral Health Practices (OHP) among the Physically Challenged Pupils (PCPs) in Public Special Primary Schools (PSPS) in Kisumu County, Kenya. The objectives were to; determine oral health practices among the PCPs who study HE in PSPS, establish contributions of HE to Oral Health Practices among PCPs in PSPS, identify Oral Health (OH) challenges faced by PCPs who study HE in PSPS and to determine HE...