School Based Factors Influencing Girls Perfomance at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Public Primary Schools in Isiolo Sub- County, Kenya.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish school based factors influencing girls’
performance at Kenya certificate of primary education in public schools in Isiolo
Sub-county. The study was set to establish the influence of school physical resources
on girls’ performance, influence of teachers training and qualification on
girls’ performance, influence of facilitation of sanitary towels girls’ performance
as well as assessing the influence of teachers’ attitude on girls’ performance. The
study was influenced by the fact that girls’ KCPE performance in Isiolo Subcounty
is low compared to other sub-counties. There were also limited researches
done in Isiolo Sub-county on school based factors influencing girls’ performance
at KCPE. The study employed descriptive research design where the target population
consisted of 33 head teachers of the public primary schools in Isiolo Subcounty,
484 primary school teachers, 704 class eight pupils and Sub-County Director
of Education Isiolo Sub-county. From the study it was established that;
girls’ performance is influenced by the school physical facilities as indicated by
52.7% of the respondents, teachers training and qualification as indicated by
76.6%, facilitation of sanitary towels as indicated by 54.5% as well as teachers’
attitude towards girls as indicated by 38.2% of the respondents. It was concluded
that; majority of public primary schools in Isiolo sub-county had enough school
facilities though some schools had few classes and had to congest pupils in one
class rooms, majority of schools in the study area had no library facilities and the
ones which had a library they were poorly equipped, well trained teachers are able
to develop interest and ability for teaching girls who are sometimes slow in understanding
some subjects especially mathematics and sciences as compared to
boys, public primary schools in Isiolo sub-county outsourced for facilitation of
sanitary towels from the NGOs, CBOs and ministry of education, some teachers
preferred teaching boys as compared to girls which demotivated them. Majority of
girls in the study area who give birth or get married do not go back to school. The
study recommends that the government should provide funds to build and equip
libraries which are resource centers for both pupils and teachers, establish more
public primary schools to reduce the distance between the pupils and the school
so that girls walk to school within the shortest time possible, the school supervision
by the head teacher and the directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards
should be enhanced for monitoring to give proper guidance to the teachers on the
need to implement child rights education in their schools and also take strict action
upon teachers who discriminate girls as well as provide quality sanitary towels
to adolescent girls to curb absenteeism during menstruation which affect girls
performance. Girls in school should be helped by female teachers to develop positive
attitude towards education. The county government of Isiolo should take up
all measures to curb forced marriages, advocate for girl-child education rights and
encourage the school administration to readmit girls after birth/marriage and also
offer them a conducive environment for learning. The study suggested a further
research to be carried out on school based factors influencing performance of girls
in schools in Arid and Semi-Arid areas in Kenya
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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