Income generating activities and their contribution to financial performance of public secondary schools in Nyamira County, Kenya
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2025-05
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Kenyatta University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate income generating activities and their contribution to financial performance of public secondary school in Nyamira County. Budgetary constraints have made it difficult for public secondary schools in Nyamira County to provide quality education and maintain crucial infrastructure. The expansion of educational institutions' needs has made conventional funding mechanisms including government grants and school fees insufficient. This study was guided by the following objectives: To identify the types of income-generating activities engaged in by public secondary schools in Nyamira County. To investigate the relationship between the management of income-generating activities and financial performance of public secondary schools in Nyamira County. To assess the relationship between allocation of proceeds from income-generating activities and the financial performance of public secondary schools in Nyamira County. To investigate the challenges faced by managers of public secondary schools in management of income generating activities in public secondary schools in Nyamira County. This research was anchored on the Resource Dependence Theory by Pfeiffer and Salancik (1978) as part of the theoretical framework. The study adopted descriptive research design with a target population for the study was 5 County Education Officers, 147 principals, 1076 teachers and 37,070 students in Nyamira County. Purposive and simple random sampling was used to select the sample size who were a total of 368 respondents. Data collection techniques utilized included interview schedules and questionnaires. Data collected was edited, coded and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Research findings indicate that livestock keeping is the most popular activity among principals, teachers, and students respectively. Crop farming is also significant, especially among students and to a lesser extent among principals and teachers. Further, research findings reveal that principals believe the success of incomegenerating activities in public secondary schools is influenced by several key aspects such as management capacity and adequate capital investment. A few of the respondents indicated inadequate capital as the primary challenge affecting income generating activities. The study recommends that schools should seek potential partners and sponsors to finance IGAs and conduct regular training of teachers and principals in charge of IGAs
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A research project submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Masters In Education (Economics of Education) in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning of Kenyatta University, April 2025
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Dr. Gabriel Madanji