Alternative Systems of Financing secondary School Education in Baringo district
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2013-08-08
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Watima, Job Walubengo
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Abstract
This study was an investigation into alternative systems of financing secondary
education. It sought to establish the current system of financing secondary education
and its limitations in Baringo District; it also sought to establish the alternative
systems of financing secondary education, their limitations and strategies for their
successful implementation. Eight secondary schools constituting 40% were selected to
participate in the study. Simple balloting was used to select the sample. The target
respondents were Principals, PTA chairpersons and form 3 students of the sampled
schools in Baringo District together with the District Education Officer. A total of 320
students participated in the study. The school Principals, the PTA chairpersons and
the District Education Officer were each given a questionnaire to complete, while the
students were interviewed using the students interview schedules to collect the data.
Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. 'The study was guided by the
social systems theory. The social systems theory takes care of a school as a composite
of complex networks contributing towards the whole. It examines the various key
stakeholders in school financing. The study established that the current system of
financing secondary education was .cost sharing between the parents and the
government. The data collected revealed that the current financing system could not
adequately provide the required facilities and finances to run the schools smoothly
and that it put a heavier burden on the parent who already was faced with poverty,
food insecurity and disease. The study further established that there existed alternative
-sources of financing education which included NGOs, Commercial entities,
cooperative societies, old students associations, religious organizations, prominent
personalities, and income generating activities. However, these alternatives were not
well developed due to lack of sensitization of the community on the' need to fund
education, lack of good will from the leaders, corruption and lack of time to venture
in income generating activities as revealed from the analysed data. In the light of
these findings, suggestions and recommendations towards strengthening the current
system and implementing the alternative system have been made.
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Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies,81p. LB 2830.3 .K4W3, April, 2013.