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CONTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO TEACHING ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ACROSS SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF EMUHAYA AND VIHIGA SUB-COUNTIES
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH, 2018-03-30)
School administrators are mandated to enhance students’ academic performance by use of instructional supervision, teacher motivation, teaching learning resources and physical facilities. In Emuhaya and Vihiga Sub Counties ...
Academic staff development enhances job performance among PhD degree holders in public universities in Kenya. However, it is noteworthy that at Maseno University and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya’s youngest, most recently established universities, only an average of 38% of academic staff are PhD degree holders indicating a skills, knowledge, and attitudinal gap hence a critical need for invigorated staff development. In addition, there is a high lecturer: student ratio which is above the Commission for Higher Education’s recommendation of 1:18 for social sciences and 1:10 for pure sciences. There have also been incessant public complaints about poor job performance evidenced in poor lecturer etiquette, low lesson attendance levels, relative high failure rates among students and non-return of Continuous Assessment Tests. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of selected academic staff development practices on job performance in selected public universities. The selected staff development practices are categorized as follows; on-the-jobuniversity-sponsored, off-the-job-self-sponsored, off-the-job-university-sponsored, and on-thejob-self-sponsored. The study employed descriptive survey research design whereby questionnaire, document analysis , and interview schedules were used to collect data. Proportional Stratified Random Sampling and Purposive Sampling technique was used to select academic staff, Chahairmen of Departments(CoDs) and Directors of Faculties and Deans of Schools(DFDSs) in the selected universities. Quantitative data was presented in frequencies, percentages, and Mean Rating. Qualitative data was analyzed on an going process as themes and subthemes emerged.
(Academic Journals, 2010-12-01)
Despite Kenya Government’s commitment to enhancement of girl-child education, their participation
rate at secondary school level is still notably low. Many studies on the girl-child education have
concentrated in the ...
Level of Government Funding and Their Distribution across Gender and the Beneficiaries of Public Funding of Education in Seme Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Education, 2019)
Kenya government has initiated a number of education investment fundings such as Free Tuition Secondary Education, Constituency Development Fund and District Education Board Bursary in secondary schools in an attempt to ...
THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES ON DEMAND FOR BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE AMONG NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY, KENYA
(MIER Journal of Educational Studies, Trends and Practices, 2019-07-06)
There has been a rapid expansion in the field of of higher education. This has been precipitated by factors of demand and supply leading to various innovations in programmes and modes of study. A new trend has emerged where ...
The sources and proportion of pupils transiting from primary to secondary education level from 2013 to 2017 in Mbita sub-county, Kenya
(European Journal of Education Studies, 2019-04-10)
Free Secondary Education policy was introduced in Kenya in 2008 with an aim of making secondary education affordable so as to enhance access, transition, retention and student academic performance. The purpose of the study ...
Enrolment Trends in Youth Polytechnics in West Pokot County, Kenya.
(IISTE. No 1 Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong SAR, 2015)
The concept of Youth Polytechnics (YPs) was started as village polytechnics in 1968 by the National Christian Council of Kenya (N.C.C.K.).They are managed by local communities, Non-Governmental Organizations, the government ...
A Hierarchical Linear Modelling of Teacher Effects on Academic Achievement in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination
(American Journal of Educational Research, 2016)
The past five decades have seen rapid expansion in academic achievement surveys with mixed findings and interpretation. Utilizing the education production function models, the surveys sought to test whether school or ...
Relationship Between Types of Intelligence And Career Choice Among Undergraduate Students Of Maseno University, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2019)
Training institutions in most parts of the world place high premium on those who excel in examinations based on
scholastic intelligence. In Kenya, students are admitted into available undergraduate degree programmes ...
The Influence Of Instructional Resources on Academic Performance in Mixed Day Secondary Schools in Kisumu East District, Kenya
(African journal of education and practice(AJEP), 2018)
The purpose of this study was to find out how instructional resources influence academic
performance in mixed day secondary schools in Kisumu East District. The objective of the study was to
examine how the instructional ...
Contribution of teacher attitude to management of student safety in emergency Incidents in public secondary schools in kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2018)
Parents expect a secure learning environment for their children while in teachers’ custody, yet threats to student safety are increasing globally, and Kenya is no exception. In Kisumu County, incidents of floods, criminal ...