An investigation of public- private partnership in enhancing primary school retention for orphaned children in Abogeta Division, Meru County, Kenya
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Date
2014
Authors
Kajuju, Florence Justus
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The population group that often suffers from limited access and retention in school education
includes orphans, children from Iow income families, indigenous people and other marginalized
groups. W-orldwide evidence suggests that orphaned children are not accessing education or are
leaving school before achieving basic literacy and numeracy skills. Studies have shown that
partnerships can help enhance education status of vulnerable groups such as in the provision of
bursaries, provision of infrastructure, and other requirements. The increased number of orphaned
children places a tremendous strain on families, communities and nations whereby partnerships
are needed for the support In Kenya, these children have little access and retention to school
making them vulnerable to problems like child abuse, child labour which need both public and
private partnership. This study will explore how public (government) and private (family, NGOs
and FBOs) partnership influence school retention of orphaned children in Abogeta division,
Mem county. The study will be guided by Maslow's theory of motivation whereby through
public and private partnership involvement in providing for their needs, orphaned children can be
facilitated to access education and remain in school. A descriptive survey design will be
employed where purposeful sampling will be used to select informants from FBOs, NGOs, head
teachers and administration officers. Random sampling will be used to select the 8 schools out of
74 schools in the division and 48 orphaned children both boys and girls from the sampled
scheols. Data will be collected using interview guide, structured questionnaires,observatioos and
focus group discussions. Quantitative data obtained from questionnaires will be analyzed using
descriptive statistics and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Qualitative data from observations, interviews and FGDs will be analyzed thematically
according to the main themes, objectives and research questions. Conclusions and
recommendations will be drawn from the research findings. Charts and tables will be used to
present tire fmdings from FGDs, interviews, questionnaires and observations. The findings from
this study will be important in providing information to the governments, NGOs, FBOs,
communities and families to enable them formulate a broad strategy within which resources
could be channeled more effectively to ensure school retention for the orphaned children.
Description
A research thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of degree of Masters of education, in the school of education, department of education foundations at Kenyatta University. December, 2017