Abstract/Overview The purpose of this study was to establish the challenges that confront principals of secondary schools in Nyamira County in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey and questionnaires were employed to collect data. The study sample consisted of 87 principals purposively selected from schools in the County. The quantitative data from questionnaires was analysed with the aid of SPSS (statistical package for social science). The study established that principals faced...
Abstract/Overview The study examined the relationship between the use of classroom tasks and activities as an aspect of CLT and the performance in English in Kenya.Integrated Skills Approach Theory was used in the study. The population of the study was 2,562 teachers of English and 9,342 class three pupils. Stratified simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 255 teachers and 340 class three pupils respectively. The study adopted the Explanatory Sequential Mixed ...
Abstract/Overview This article reports on the findings from a quantitative research study on learning resources in Kenya’s secondary schools. The purpose of this study is to investigate the secondary school principals’ perception on the learning resources. The study adopted a quantitative survey design involving 81 secondary principals, selected purposively. Data was collected using a questionnaire (open and closed-ended, rating scale items). Data was analysed using Statistical Packag...
Abstract/Overview In Kenya, weaknesses in human resource planning has affected training and deployment of teachers and thus distorted their distribution and utilization. In Butula Sub-County, there is uneven distribution of the teacher resource across the various categories of public secondary schools yet availability of teachers to implement any curriculum in any institution of learning is very vital. The purpose of this study therefore was to find out the challenges in teacher recruitme...
Abstract/Overview The role of a teacher in integration of play in ECDE curriculum is cruel as Play-based teaching and learning promotes positive social skills in children. Most of teachers in Kenya don’t integrate play in curriculum leading to poor performance of children yet the entire teaching and learning of small children should be entirely based on play. Public confidence in teachers’ role in integration of play is in question. The study therefore purposes to establish the role o...
Abstract/Overview The purpose of the study was to find out influence of school based income generating projects on retention rate in secondary education in Kisii County. The objectives of the study were to: find out various income generating projects; find out how income generating projects were utilized to address students’ retention rate and establish the challenges facing sustenance of Income Generating Projects (IGPs) on retention of students in secondary schools. The target populat...
Abstract/Overview Education plays a key role in reducing poverty and enhancing life choices. Therefore, provision of widely spread education and training opportunities has been a long-standing objective of the Government of Kenya. Since Independence, the Government has sought to address the challenges facing the education sector through a range of policy initiatives. Nevertheless, a major focus has been the attainment of Universal Primary Education and the need for achieving greater acces...
Abstract/Overview The study established the influence of parenting style on involvement in education of public preschool learner, in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted the Concurrent Triangulation design within the mixed methods approach. The target population was3566 which was composed of 183 head teachers’ public primary school, 183 lead teachers of public Early Childhood Development Education and 3200 parents of top class in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study ...
Abstract/Overview The study explored age difference in response to motor skills training on the performance of activities of daily living by learners with cerebral palsy in a special school in Kisumu. An experiment was carried out with the use of a Kruskal-Wallis test. The sample size was 14 learners with cerebral palsy in a special school in Kisumu, 8 parents of learners with cerebral palsy, 3 teachers of learners with cerebral palsy, and 2 physiotherapists. Data collection was done thro...
Abstract/Overview Support staff plays a pivotal role in secondary schools by helping to reduce none teaching load on teachers. However, they do this under very difficult conditions such as low salaries and wages, work more than 8 hours a day, are required to work in undesignated areas and are not recognized in their work. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to establish the influence of the working conditions of the support staff on work performance in public secondary schools in Rari...
Abstract/Overview The School Readiness Screening Test Tool is important because it is used by Educational Assessment and Research Centres; Professionals in the Educational Assessment Centres determine school placement and intervention strategies for learners with Special Needs in Pre-school programmes. The tool has been in use in the Educational Centres in Kenya since 1984 up to date and yet its efficacy is still in doubt. The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges in using ...
Abstract/Overview The study explored gender differences in response to motor skill training on curbing activity restriction of dressing by pupils with cerebral palsy in a special school in Kisumu, Kenya. Mixed method approach was adopted within which a Sequential Explanatory design was used. The sample size was 6 pupils with cerebral palsy, 6 parents of pupils with cerebral palsy, 3 teachers in charge of pupils with cerebral palsy, and 2 physiotherapists. Interviews and observational chec...
Abstract/Overview Abstract: The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of principals’ maintenance of ICT equipment on usage of ICT for teaching and learning in secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Concurrent triangulation within mixed methods research design was used. Disproportionate stratified random sampling was used to select99 principals from a study population of 132in order to administer questionnaires on them. Furthermore, 28 principals, 28 deputy principals ...
Abstract/Overview The study established the effectiveness of Motor Skill training on the performance of Dressing as an Activity of Daily Living by Pupils with Cerebral Palsy in one special school for pupils who are physically challenged in Kisumu, Kenya. The study adopted a Pre-test, Post-test experimental study design. Sample size of the study comprised 25 respondents which included 12 pupils with cerebral palsy, 3 teachers in charge of the pupils in the school, 8 parents of the pupils a...
Abstract/Overview This study sought to establish the role of assistive technologies on quality educational outcomes of students with visual impairment in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. The target population constituted 743 students, 11 principals, 11 deputy principals, and 19 Special Needs teachers making a total of 784. Purposive sampling was used to select 11 principals, 11 deputy principals, 19 SNE teachers and 120 students with visual impairme...