Effects of Labour Disputes on Quality of Education in Public Secondary Schools in Mvita Constituency, Mombasa County , Kenya
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Date
2019
Authors
Ngotho, Irene Ruguru
Mange, Daniel
Kiruthu, Felix
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Publisher
IJCAB Publishing Group
Abstract
Education has always been an important asset
and is regarded as a key human development
index; as a result various states and governments globally spend a large share of their budget
on education sector as part of their strategy to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of
education for all. Access to schools has improved rapidly throughout the developing world
since 1990, but learning outcomes have lagged behind. Despite the fact that it is desirable to
avoid a trade off between quantity and quality, poorly managed education systems and
constant la bour disputes have undermined improvement in learning outcomes. The study
sought to establish the effects of labour disputes on quality of education in public secondary
schools. The objectives of the study are to; examine the causes of labour disputes betw een
Teachers Service Commission and Teachers Union, to investigate the nature of conflicts
between TSC and KNUT/KUPPET, to analyse the effect of labour disputes on academic
Performance in public secondary schools within Mvita Constituency. The study employ ed the
Bargaining Theory and Conflict Theory. D escriptive research design was used; study
population is made up of 10,320 and a sample of 942 Students, Parents, Teachers, TSC and
KNUT/KUPPET officials obtained by use of stratified sampling to cater for eac h
classification of respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires, and interview
schedules. Descriptive statistics were analysed by use of frequencies, percentages, means and
standard deviations with the help of SPSS programme. On the other hand, inferential
statistics are in form of both Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression with
the help of Correlation models. The study found that: there are conflicting interests between
Teachers Service Commission and Teachers Unions. Major causes of these conflicts are
salaries, poor working environment, low motivation for teachers, mishandling of teachers
grievances and promotions; disputes affect school performances because at such times
teachers stay away from schools and students stay at home. This leads to poor coverage of
the syllabus, when schools open the workload is so high that teachers cannot cover
everything forcing students to sit for examination without learning some subjects; disputes in
schools take various forms such as strik es, confrontations on teacher’s rights, picketing and
go slows. When a solution is not found through collective agreement, teacher’s desert schools
which end up closed until the disputes are resolved. Lastly conflicts, disruption of school
hours and strike s moderately affect the quality of education. The relationship observed is
positively strong although statistically insignificant.
Description
An Article Published in International Journal of Current Aspects
Keywords
Labour Disputes, Secondary Education, Quality of Education, Public Schools, Mvita Constituency
Citation
Ngotho, I., Kiruthu, F., & Mange, D. (2019). Effects of Labour Disputes on Quality of Education in Public Secondary Schools in Mvita Constituency , Mombasa County. International Journal of Current Aspects, 3(II), 243 259 . http://journals.ijcab.org/journals/index.php/ijcab/article/view/21