Monitoring and Evaluation Dynamics and Performance of Construction Projects in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya
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2025-03
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Building and renovation of the public junior secondary schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya hold a pivotal role in ensuring the region's youth have access to quality education and infrastructure. Despite the significant investments made in these projects, there's a pressing issue that hampers their success: the monitoring and evaluation of their performance. This challenge is multifaceted and encompasses several aspects hindering the effective execution of projects in public junior schools. Thus, it is important to establish how M&E dynamics influence the performance of construction projects in Nairobi City County, junior secondary schools in Kenya. However, this study focused on the following research questions; Testing the level of stakeholder involvement and its impact on construction projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya’s public junior secondary schools, examining the extent of M&E planning and its influence on project performance, determining the influence of M&E staff training on project performance, and analyzing the effects of budgetary allocation on project performance. In the investigation, the study adopted the descriptive survey research method. The study targeted 188 classroom projects in Nairobi city county, Kenya, 72 administration blocks, 100 water projects, and 72 dining halls. The sample involved 209 projects implemented in the 35 selected local secondary schools. A rate for responses of 77. 9 percent was obtained from 163 people who returned the filled questionnaires. To gather primary data, ‘semi-structured questionnaires' were used. It was also ensured that all the data collected was completely checked and arranged before being arranged into the SPSS statistics data editor, in so doing, the data was made more presentable and easier to work on. This programme was useful in data analysis. To enhance the readership of the data, tables, pie charts, and bar charts were employed in presenting the findings. In addition, mean, mode, and median averages were calculated to enable presentation of prominent outcomes. Besides, to show the importance of the investigated relationships as well as to estimate the influence of the independent factors on the result variable, regression analysis and correlation coefficients were also used. According to the study undertaken, there is a vigorous positive relationship between the extent of stakeholder involvement and the accomplishment of the project, which means that the more involved the stakeholders, the higher the performance of the project. Also, M&E planning was significantly related to project performance indicating that the quantity and quality of planning for M&E activities enhance the performance of projects. Also, the funds provided showed a significant relationship with project performance proving the importance of sufficient resources as a determinant of project success. On the other hand, findings indicated a negative relationship between M&E staff training and the project performance. According to the study, more research should be conducted to formulate policies that encourage continuous professional development of M&E personnel who are involved in construction projects. This may involve providing incentives for the staff to undertake proper training activities that may call for the understanding of the related training programs, encouraging the sharing of information and communication among the staff members, and capacity enhancement for adequate M&E skills and abilities. Further research in this area might be carried out to assess and clarify how staff skills affect project performance.
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A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration (Project Management) of Kenyatta University, March 2025.
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Joshua Tumuti