Accounting for Learners’ Safety and Environmental Protection in Public Secondary Schools Based on Safety Standards Manual (2008) in Nzaui Sub County, Makueni County, Kenya
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Date
2022-09
Authors
Mwangangi, Leonard
Kagombe, Ibrahim
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Publisher
Journal of Popular Education in Africa
Abstract
Safety is a key requirement for survival and a top priority aspiration for every human being as
confirmed by the adage “safety first”. This consideration is relevant and applicable to school
situation when it comes to learners’ safety and environmental protection. Learners’ safety and
environmental protection is anchored on convection of the rights of the child adopted by the
United Nations General Assembly (1989). All member states of United Nations General
Assembly are signatories and are obligated to develop laws and enforce measures to protect the
child from all forms of violence, abuse, neglect, maltreatment or exploitation. Learners’ safety is
also amplified worldwide by being made the main goal of sustainable development goals (SDG)
which aim at building and upgrading education facilities that provide safe, nonviolent, inclusive
and effective learning environment for all learners. Indeed school safety is an integral and
indispensable component of teaching and learning process as no meaningful teaching and
learning a take place in unsafe environment. A safe school is a SINE QUA NON for effective
teaching and learning. This study is based on Dewey’s social constructivism theory. The purpose
of the study is to establish levels of learners’ safety and environmental protection in public
secondary school in Nzaui Sub County, Makueni County. The study was guided by three specific
objectives. The review of safety standards manual and related circulars establishing levels of
learners’ safety and environment protection in public secondary schools in Nzaui sub county and
proposing ways for enhancing learners’ safety and environmental protection in schools. The
study adopted descriptive survey design, used purposive and stratified sampling to access
samples from targeted population. Questionnaire and observation schedule were developed and
tested by the researchers. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics by use of
statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The findings indicated 72% of schools in Nzaui
Sub County did not have copies of the safety standards manual for schools, fire extinguishers
were not adequate and strategically located within the school and overall compliance with the
safety standards manual was below average, therefore need for more sanitation and retooling on
safety and environmental protection matters in public schools.
Description
A Research Article in the Journal of Popular Education in Africa
Keywords
Accounting, Learners’ safety, Environmental protection, Safety indicator,, Regulations, Compliance, Manual
Citation
: Mwangangi, L & Kagombe, I. (2022). Accounting for learners’ safety and environmental protection in public Secondary Schools based on safety standards manual (2008) in Nzaui Sub County. Makueni County, Kenya. Journal of Popular Education in Africa. 6(7), 101 – 110.