Mentorship and Internship in Training of Employees for Performance in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Kenya
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2025-04
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European Centre for Research Training and Development-UK
Abstract
Junior secondary schools’ employees’ pedagogical knowledge is limited due to
restrained application of disciplinary competence, psycho-pedagogical competence, physical
competence and methodical competence which affect their performance, hence the need for
constant training. The researchers established the effect of mentorship and internship on employee
performance in public junior secondary schools in Trans Nzoia East Sub County, Kenya. The study
was anchored on Balanced Score Card Model. Descriptive research design was used and the
target population was 423 Teachers service commission employees who comprised 417 junior
secondary schools’ employees, five curriculum support officers and teachers service commission
Sub County Director. To arrive at a sample of 204, Yamane formula was used. There were six
teachers service commission officers hence a census was used. Stratified & simple random
sampling method was utilized in choosing research participants. The researcher gathered primary
data by structured questionnaire thereby producing quantitative data & qualitative data. Pilot
study using 19 employees and two teachers’ service commission officers was done in Trans Nzoia
West Sub County to determine validity of research instrument. Internal consistency method was
adopted in determining reliability using Cronbach Alpha method. The quantitative data was
analyzed using descriptive statistics with the aid of statistical package of social sciences.
Descriptive statistics included the use of mean & standard deviation while inferential statistics
utilized correlation analysis & multi regression analysis. The quantitative data results were shown
in tables while the qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. The study findings
indicated that mentorship and internship had significant effect on employee performance in public
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Ogamba C.O. and Kipkorir C.S.S. (2025) Mentorship and Internship in Training of Employees for Performance in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Kenya, Global Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.13, No.2, pp.1-18