Equality of Opportunity in Learning Outcomes Attainment through Financing Public Day Secondary Schools’ Resources in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNkonge, Gatwiri Winniejoy
dc.contributor.authorNdiritu, John
dc.contributor.authorNjihia, Mukirae
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T10:24:16Z
dc.date.available2021-12-01T10:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.descriptionA Research Article in East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough students’ learning outcomes are not expected to be equal, the differences should not be accounted for by the differences in school resources. Equality of opportunity in financing schools’ resources is evidenced by the lack of a relationship between the availability of school resources and differences in students’ learning outcomes. Tharaka Nithi County, one of the 47 Counties in Kenya, has consistently had a high difference in students’ learning outcomes in different public day secondary schools. This study sought to establish if differences in students’ learning outcomes in Tharaka Nithi County evidence equality of opportunity. The study employed a convergent parallel mixed-method research design. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 738 (368 male and 370 female) Form 3 students and 738 (368 male and 370 female) parents of the Form 3 students. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data was thematically analysed. The study findings revealed that there was a strong statistically positive significant relationship, r = 0.674 at p < .01 between school resource characteristics and differences in student’s examination scores. The study also established that differences in public day secondary school resource characteristics accounted for a 6.1% difference in students’ learning outcomes after controlling for all the predictor variables which included student’s household characteristics, student’s parental/guardian characteristics, and student’s conduct characteristics. The study thus recommends that financing of public day secondary school resources should focus on equity given the inequality of opportunity in secondary education attainment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNkonge, G. V., Ndiritu, J., & Njihia, M. (2021). Equality of Opportunity in Learning Outcomes Attainment through Financing Public Day Secondary Schools’ Resources in KenyaEast African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 3(1), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajis.3.1.303.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2707-529X
dc.identifier.issn2707-5303
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23067
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studiesen_US
dc.subjectEquality of Opportunityen_US
dc.subjectSchool Resource Characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectLearning Outcomesen_US
dc.subjectSchool Resource Financingen_US
dc.subjectDifferenceen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.subjectEquality.en_US
dc.titleEquality of Opportunity in Learning Outcomes Attainment through Financing Public Day Secondary Schools’ Resources in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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