Influence of Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya
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2025-02
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Reviewed Journal of Education Practice
Abstract
Instructional leadership is associated with practices which the school principal does with the intention of
enhancing students’ academic achievement. This research sought to find out whether the instructional leadership
practices influenced learners’ acade
mic achievement in KCSE in public secondary schools in Nakuru County. The
study
determine
d
the influence of principals’ instructional leadership practices on students’ academic achievement
in KCSE in public secondary school in Nakuru
County. The objectives of this study were; to determine the influence
of goal setting skills of the principal on KCSE performance of students in public secondary schools in Nakuru
county, to determine the influence of principals’ instructional supervisory
practices on students’ achievement in
KCSE in Nakuru county, to establish the influence of principals’ promotion of staff professional development on
learners’ achievement in KCSE in public secondary schools in Nakuru county and to determine the influence
of
principals’ fostering of conducive learning environment on the learners’ academic achievement in KCSE in public
secondary schools in Nakuru county. The study was guided by Carrier’s (2014) instructional leadership model
which demonstrated an experimenta
l illustration that deliberated on how the staff and the leader’s crossing point
resulted into institutions’ desired achievement The study used mixed methods research design which used both
quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study was conducted i
n Nakuru County. The target population
included 285 teachers and 33 principals of public secondary schools in Nakuru County. Therefore, the total sample
size for the quantitative phase was 30 principals and 166 teachers totaling up to 196 respondents. The
study
employed the use of purposive sampling to select schools and principals. Simple random sampling technique was
also used to select teachers in the selected schools. The study used questionnaires for both teachers and principal
and interview schedules
for the principals. Content validity was established by seeking expert judgement from
specialists in the department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum studies.
The reliability was
tested using Cronbach’s alpha to determine whether the questio
ns in the questionnaire reliably measured what was
intended.
Qualitative data was analyzed thematically and presented in form of narrations
. Quantitative data was
analyzed using SPSS presented using frequency distribution tables and bar graphs. A multiple
linear regression
test was used to establish the influence of principals’ instructional leadership practices on KCSE achievement. The
major finding from the study was that the principals did carry out school programmes with the main aim of
attaining the s
et goals. The study recommended that the roles of other instructional leaders like the heads of
department, deputy principals and senior teachers should be explored. Additionally, the ministry of Education and
TSC should take appropriate measures to curb
continuous decline in KCSE performance in Nakuru County, Kenya.
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Nanjala,F.,Guantai,H. K., &Kinyanjui, G. (2025). Influence of principals‟ instructional leadership practices on students‟ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. Reviewed Journal of Education Practice, 5 (1), 1–18.