Perception of the Induction Course in Education Management on Effective Management of Public Primary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya
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Date
2019-09
Authors
Ongoto, Joel
Ogola, Martin
Malusu, Joseph
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Publisher
International Journal of Creative Research and Studies
Abstract
To address gaps in management of public primary schools and provision of quality education, the Ministry of
Education periodically supports head teachers of public primary schools to undertake induction courses in
education management in order to improve management practices at school level. One of the many induction
courses supported by the Ministry of Education and organised by Kenya Education Management Institute is
the Induction Course in Educational Management. This course targets all education managers in public
schools with the aim of improving management practices. Despite Kenya Education Management Institute
conducting the induction course targeting school managers, poor management practices still are witnessed in
many public primary schools. The research objective of this study was to examine effect of school managers’
perception of induction course in education management on effective management of public primary schools
in Kenya. The study was anchored on Total Quality Management theory. Descriptive survey research design
was employed. The target population for the study were ninety-six public primary schools head teachers,
chairpersons of boards of management, senior teachers, subordinate staff members, school prefects and staff
trainers from Kenya Education Management Institute. Simple random sampling was used to select the sample
for this study. Data for the study was collected using structured questionnaires and analysed using descriptive
statistics with the aid of the Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer software. Results
revealed that the head teachers perceived the ICEM in-service training to be highly effective on effective
management of public primary schools. Therefore, this study recommends that KEMI should not only develop
a new model of training and evaluating the impact of ICEM in-service training but also rethink on
appropriate models of evaluating results in-service training attended by public primary school managers.
Description
A Research Article in International Journal of Creative Research and Studies
Keywords
School Managers’ Perception, Effective School Management
Citation
Ongoto, J.; Ogola, M, & Malusu, J. (2019). Perception of the Induction Course in education Management on Effective Management of Public Primary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya. International Journal of Creative Research and Studies. Volume-3, Issue-9, September 2019. www.ijcrs.org Page 28-50