ABSTRACT ICT should be used to support and enhance the attainment of curriculum objectives and engage pupils in meaningful learning using new tools to help them master key concepts and skills embedded in science, social studies, art and other curriculum activities. ICT promotes learner-centered learning and makes easy to implement instructional methods such as simulation more feasible, improves pupils performance and skills. It also maintains the quality of teaching while minimizing teaching...
ABSTRACT School discipline has been an issue of concern to educators, parents, governments and other stakeholders. Studies on school discipline have shown that the forms of indiscipline vary from one level to another and so are the necessary strategies that could be employed to curb indiscipline. Indiscipline among students in Kenya has had detrimental effects on the efforts of educational institutions to achieve their goals. Although indiscipline cases have been reported frequently in Techn...
ABSTRACT Despite the efforts made by the Government of Kenya to improve primary to secondary transitions, regional and gender disparities have existed with some regions like Miriga Mieru West division of Meru County registering a dismal primary to secondary transition rate of less than 50 percent thus prompting the researcher to conduct a research in the area. The purpose of the study was to identify factors hindering transitions from primary to secondary schools in Miriga Mieru West divisio...
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 The purpose of this study was to analyze the quality of Free Primary Education in Garissa Municipality in Garissa County. Despite the introduction of FPE in Garissa it has been noticed that since the implementation of this programme the performance of pupils have been declining in subsequent years. The study objectives were to establish the influence of pupil-teacher ratio, the teaching and learning resources, the supervision, teacher motivation, the impact of management styles and ...
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 Globally the important role played by the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in educational institutions has grown with states putting heavy investments in the purchase of ICT equipment and providing internet access for students and teachers. The Kenya government has been encouraging the adoption of ICT in schools. However, it is not clear to what extent this has been implemented. In Mukurwe-ini Sub County the implementation of ICT has not been effective as eviden...
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 This purpose of this study was meant to analyze the importance and effects of school feeding programme on access to primary education among the socio-economically and nutritionally vulnerable children in unplanned settlement of Kibera. The study strove to help education managers to understand the problems and challenges that have, for long time, kept a large number of children out of school despite the abolition of all levies in primary schools in 2003. It is envisaged that appropri...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the roles played by HODs in administrative duties in secondary schools in Kiambu District, Kiambu County. The study focused on the key administrative areas of curriculum, instruction, financial management, teacher management and student management with the aim of comparing expected roles of Heads of Departments against how these roles are perceived by the teachers, head teachers and HODs themselves. Hopefully this is going to justify a training needs a...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the impact of land clashes on access to primary and secondary education in Chepyuk settlement scheme, Mt Elgon district. The objectives of the study were to assess the impact of land clashes on enrolment, staffing, and educational infrastructure. The study adopted the descriptive survey design where the three secondary and fifteen primary schools in the region were sampled purposively. The respondents included eighteen head teachers, seventy two teac...
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...