Influence of Capacity Building Heads of Department on KCSE Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Kericho County, Kenya
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Date
2019
Authors
Maritim, Zeddy Chepkoech
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Education is universally recognized as a vital tool in the course of national
development. In order to learn new skills, capacity building of teachers is
encouraged. The rationale of this study was to investigate the influence of capacity
building Heads of Departments (HODs) on KCSE performance in public secondary
schools in Kericho County. In Kericho County the capacity building of heads of
department was last conducted in the year 2013 by SMASSE before KEMI took
over. The performance of KCSE has been decreasing over the last five years
(2013—2017) the least mean score being 3.408 which is below average. The study
was guided by the following objectives: To determine the influence of Capacity
Building of HODs on Implementation of Curriculum, to determine the influence of
Capacity Building of HODs on supervision, to establish the challenges encountered
by schools on Capacity Building, and to identify the strategies that can be taken by
schools so as to train Heads of Departments at school level so as to improve KCSE
performance of public schools in Kericho County. The study was used the Theory of
Human Capital Theory by Becker and Gerhart (1996) which gave a deeper insight to
this research study. The study adopted descriptive survey design which was suitable
for this study. The target population was composed of 200 Principals, 1000 Heads of
Departments and 2000 Teachers totaling to 3200. Simple random sampling and
purposive sampling was used to get a sample of 1280 respondents. Data were
collected using questionnaires and interview schedules. The data obtained was
analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version-21).Both
qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques were used to analyze the
collected data which was then presented in form of pie-chats, frequency tables and
graphs and thematically explained. The study found out lack of time and financial
resources for capacity building for HODs affected curriculum implementation.
Majority of the schools held internal seminars to instill efficiency in performance
although they had inadequate teachers and incentives. The challenges were critical
in terms of inadequate teachers, heavy workload and scarce financial resources.
Majority of the respondents preferred the government to sponsor their Capacity
Building trainings instead of relying on their already migre salaries. With this in
place then there will be success in curriculum implementation through efficiency
and effectiveness in learning and performance. In conclusion Principals, HODs and
teachers agreed that they had done very little in full curriculum implementation and
professional development leading to poor performance in national exams in
subsequent years. The study recommends that the TSC and the MoE should
constantly review its policies to accommodate changing needs of Teachers and
HODs in full Capacity Building. Secondly, establishment of affordable capacity
building programmes for all teachers and HODs. Thirdly, the government to sponsor
the professional development of all the educators to improve efficiency and
effectiveness. A further study in Capacity Building on curriculum implementation
was suggested upon completion of this research study in other institutions of
learning.
Description
A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment
of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of
Master of Education in the Department of
Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum
Studies of Kenyatta University
Keywords
Capacity Building, Public Secondary Schools, Kericho County, KCSE Performance