EFFECT Of Technology Innovation On Performance Of Public Tvet Iinstitutions in Kakamega County, Kenya.
Abstract/ Overview
ABSTRACT
Technology iinnovation iis iargued ito ibe itransforming ihigher ileaning iinstitution iin
iKenya, iincluding iTVETs, iwhich iare iseen ito ibe ievolving iso ias ito iremain irelevance,
ideliver iefficiently iand ienhance iperformance. iUNESCO iglobal irating iranks iKenya‟s
iTVET iperformance ibelow iaverage iat i28%, icompared ito iher ineighbours. iMoreover,
itheir iperformance iis icharacterised iby iinadequacy iin iteaching iand iinefficiency iin
iadministration iof iresources, idespite imassive iinvestment iin iICT. iThis istudy ianalysed
ithe ieffect iof itechnology iinnovation ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iin iKakamega
iCounty ias iguided iby ithe ifollowing ispecific iobjective: ito ianalyse ithe ieffect iof
idigital iadministration iof istudents ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin
iKakamega iCounty, iKenya; ito iassess ithe ieffect iof idigital iinformation idissemination
ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya, ito
ievaluate ithe ieffects iof idigital ilearning iprograms ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET
iinstitutions iin iKakamega iCounty, iKenya; iand ito ianalyse ithe ieffect iof idigital
iadministration iof iacademic istaffs ion iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions iin
iKakamega iCounty, iKenya. iThe istudy iwas ianchored ion ithe iTheory iof iDiffusion iof
iInnovation iand iTechnology iAcceptance iModel. iThe istudy iadopted ia icausal iresearch
idesign; itarget ipopulation iof i71 imanagement istaffs, iprimary idata icollected iusing
iquestionnaire iand ianalysed iby idescriptive iand icorrelation imethods. iStudy ifindings
iwere idigital iadministration iof istudents iaccount ifor i21.8% i(R2
i= i0.218) ivariation ion
iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions, idigital iinformation idissemination iaccount ifor
i5.2% i(R2
i= i0.052) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions, idigital ilearning
iprogrammes iaccount ifor i10.3% i(R2
i= i0.103) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET
iinstitutions, iand idigital iadministration iof iacademic istaffs iaccount ifor i26.0% i(R2
i=
i0.260) ivariation ion iperformance iof iTVET iinstitutions. iIn isummary, itechnology
iinnovation iaccounts ifor i38.2% ivariation iin iperformance iof ipublic iTVET iinstitutions
iin iKakamega iCounty, ithe istudy iconcludes ithat idigital iadministration iof istudents
iand idigital ileaning iprogrammes ihas isignificant ieffects ion iperformance iof iTVET.
iThe istudy irecommends ifurther ianalysis ifactors iresponsible ifor iinsignificant ieffects
iof idigital iinformation idissemination iand iadministration iof iacademic istaff