HEAD TEACHER'S MANAGEMENT AND PUPILS' PERFORMANCE IN KENYA CERTIFICATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN CHAP CHAP ZONE KABARNET DIVISION, BARINGO DISTRICT

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out in ChapChap educational zone to assess the roles of head teachers in managing schools. The following objectives guided the study; to establish the role of head teachers as coordinators and organizers of school activities. To establish how effective head teacher are in information handling and communication. To assess how effective head teachers were in playing the supervisory role.

The instruments used to collect data was a questionnaire which was distributed to teachers to rate their head teachers. Finding showed that a great number of head teachers performed on average their role of coordinating and organizing schools activities but majority were average in communicating and handling information and were good in motivating the workers in school organizations. It was recommended that they go for further training since they had lowly qualification and to gain more knowledge and skills in management.

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLATION ..................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ...................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. iii

ACKNOWLEDMENT .................................................................................................... iv

DEFINITION OF TERMS ............................................................................................... V

TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................... vi

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1

1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Statement of the problem ....................................................................................... 2

1.3 Objectives of the study ............................................................................................ 3

1.4 Research questions .................................................................................................. 3

1.5 Significance of the study ......................................................................................... 3

1.6 Theoretical framework ........................................................................................... 4

1.7 Scope of the study .................................................................................................... 5

1.8 Limitation ................................................................................................................ 5

1.9 Assumptions of the study ........................................................................................ 5

CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................. 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................ 6

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 6

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................ 13

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 13

3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 13

3.1 The study area ....................................................................................................... 13

3.2 Study sampling ...................................................................................................... 13

3.3 Sampling procedure .............................................................................................. 13

3.4 Instrument of research ......................................................................................... 14

3.5 Data collection procedures ................................................................................... 14

3.6 Data analysis .......................................................................................................... 15

CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................................... 16

DATA PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION .......................... 16

4.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 16

4.1 Background information of head teachers ......................................................... 16

4.2 Managing organizational environment and resources ...................................... 17

4.3 Organization and coordination ............................................................................ 20

4.4 Information handling and communication ....................................................... 22

4.5 Staff motivation ..................................................................................................... 26

4.6 Supervisory role of head teachers ....................................................................... 30

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................ 32

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........ 32

5.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 32

5.1 Summary of findings ............................................................................................. 32

5.2 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 34