School Inputs and Their Influence on Quality of Education in Public Secondary Schools in Murang'a County, Kenya
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2023-03
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
School inputs are crucial in ensuring that secondary public schools deliver high
quality education. Unfortunately, Murang'a County's secondary education is of
low quality, with many students scoring poorly on the Kenya Certificate of
Secondary Education (KCSE), on top of having insufficient performance in
extracurricular activities and low retention and completion. Thus, this study
endeavored to evaluate the extent to which school inputs determine education
quality in govemment-sponsored secondary schools in Murang'a County, kenya.
The intentions of this examination involved: to scrutinize the magnitude of
influence that adequacy of instructional resources has on educational quality in
government-sponsored secondary schools; to establish the impact that school
facilities have on education quality in public secondary schools, and to assess
the extent to which staffrng levels affect the educational quality in public
secondary schools.The Education Production Function Theory anchored the
study. The study.design used in the research was correlational. A sample of 360
participants (10.3%) from the 3498 participants in this study (292 prncipals and
3206 teachers) were selected. This sample was computed using Yamane's
Formula. Eight strata that took into account sub-counties were formed using
stratified sampling. Intentional sampling was used to choose three principals
from each sub-county. To minimize prejudice, however, 42 instructors (14
teachers from each school) were chosen at random from each sub-county. While
the researcher employed a documentary checklist guide, principals and
instructors were surveyed using questionnaires. Piloting was undertaken to
verify the comprehensiveness of the research devices. Validity was established
by involving the managers and other specialists in educational planning from
the university. Reliability was established through the split-half technique since
the pilot sample (36) is large, but even. The reliability coefficient, r = 0.727,
which demonstrated strong internal consistency, was obtained using the
Cronbach Alpha Method. Using the Statistical Software for Social Sciences
(SPSS 23), Quantitative data were investigated utilizing inferential Evaluation
of Pearson's Product Moment Correlation along with descriptive statistics like
frequencies and proportions and displayed using tables. According to the report,
students underperform academically on national exams (KCSE), their
completion rates and participation in extracurricular activifres, as well as the
frequency and intensity of those activities, are all declining. According to the
research, the government and other secondary education stakeholders are
making an effort, but the secondary education quality has been affected by the
low amounts of instructional equipment, amenities, and teaching personnel that
are still accessible. To reach the necessary levels of adequacy, the research
advises that the government keep up the practice of providing instructional
resources and curricular maintenance materials. The government ought to
ensure that the allocation of financial resources is adequate and timely to enable
secondary schools to provide physical facilities geared towards the awareness of
quatity education. The government should rectify the imbalance in the student
teacher ratio, and hire more teachers
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A Thesis Submitted ‘in Partial Fulfillment of Tite
Requirements of, the award of the degree of
Doctor of philosophy (Economy of education
And educational plaiining) in the school of
Education and Lifelong Learning Of
kenyatta University