School Management Strategies Influence on Students’ Unrests in Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Mutyota,Esther Ndumi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-05T07:54:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-05T07:54:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-04 | |
| dc.description | A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Education (Educational Administration) in School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Kenyatta University April 2024 Supervisor. Hellen Kiende Guantai | |
| dc.description.abstract | Students’ unrests and demonstrations have been a great challenge in t h e education sector globally and this has aroused scholarly interests. Institutions have come up with strategies to address the unrest, however the problem still persists. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of school management strategies on curbing student unrests in public secondary schools in Machakos County in Kenya. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of strategic planning on curbing students’ unrests in public secondary schools in Machakos County in Kenya, to establish the influence of student leadership through elections on curbing students’ unrests in public secondary schools in Machakos County in Kenya, to assess the influence of school rules and regulations on curbing students’ unrests in public secondary schools in Machakos County in Kenya, and; to find out the influence of guidance and counselling programs on curbing students’ unrests in public secondary schools in Machakos County in Kenya. The main significance of this study is that information gotten from the study will assist school managements in understanding and implementing selected management strategies towards curbing student unrests. The study employed a descriptive survey design. The study had a target population of 19216 respondents picked from 77 public secondary schools in Machakos County. A sample size of 418 respondents was selected through stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Specifically 392 students, 13 Head of department of guidance and counselling and 13 Principals. The data were collected using questionnaires and interview schedules. Validity of the research instruments was ensured through expert judgement. The reliability of the research instruments was ascertained through test-retest method. The Quantitative data was analysed using mean, percentages and Chi-Square using SPSS. Qualitative data was analysed thematically and presented using verbatim quotations. The information obtained from analysis of data was be presented in tables. The study found out that strategic planning, school rules and regulations were significant in curbing student unrests with P-value<0.05 at 95% confidence level, but student leadership through elections had P-value>0.05 hence not significant in curbing student unrests. With odds ratio of 8.371 and 6.839 respectively, strategic planning and school rules and regulations were found to have the greatest influence in curbing student unrests, while guidance and counselling had a relatively weak influence at 1.567 odds ratio. The study recommends that school administrators should ensure inclusive and comprehensive strategic planning that solves student challenges in addition to effectively enforcing school rules and regulations in order to curb unrests in schools. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/28722 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | School Management Strategies Influence on Students’ Unrests in Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |