The Extent to Which Curriculum Support Costs Influence Students’ Gross Enrolment Ratio in Laikipia County, Kenya.
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2024-07
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This study was set to investigate the students’ participation in education in day secondary schools in Laikipia County
as measured by gross enrolment ratios. It was necessitate by the declining enrolment ratios in day secondary schools
within the county. The main objective was to analyze the extent to which curriculum support costs influence students’
gross enrolment ratio in Laikipia County. The target population was 19,065 respondents, of whom were, five subCounty directors of education; 78 principals; 7,800 form three and four parents; 8,870 form three and four students,
and 312 form three and four class teachers. Census was used to select five SCDEs, stratified random sampling was
used to select 25 principals and 400 students, simple random sampling to select 400 parents and 100 class teachers to
make a sample size of 930 participants. Both probability and non-probability sampling methods were used to select a
sample size of 930 participants. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was computed and a level of
0.87 was achieved. The research utilized tangerine electronic data collection software used for data entry and data
cleaning. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze quantitative data. mathematical set had a
statistically significant relationship with the gross attendance ratio with ordinal rank 2, 3, 4, 5 having (b- 1.161, 1.978,
1.545, 2.194 SE 0.535, 0.451, 0.440, 472, wald 4.703, 19.221, 12.306, 21.588 and p= 0.030, <0.001, <0.001, <0.001)
respectively; Mathematical set and table showed positive relationship to the gross enrolment ratio.
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Muchirikamau, P., Magoma, C. M., & Magoma, C. M. (2024). The Extent to Which Curriculum Support Costs Influence Students’ Gross Enrolment Ratio Inlaikipia County, Kenya. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 8(7), 100-105.