dc.description.abstract | With the rapid development of ICTs in business world in developing countries, it is yet to
permeate other institutional functions and in particular, financial management in educational
institutions. ICT has become valuable for storing and analyzing data in school financial
management which includes budgetary allocations, expenditures, students’ fees payment and
general accounting. Despite the wide use of ICTs in administration and management in education
institutions in Kisii County, many schools have failed to tap the potential of ICTs into financial
management. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of integration on ICT in
the financial management of public secondary schools in Kisii County, Kisii County. This study
sought to; asses the current status of ICT integration in financial management among public
secondary schools in Kisii County, establish whether infrastructures influences integration of
ICT in the financial management of public secondary schools in Kisii County, investigate
whether administrator’s levels of awareness influence integration of ICT in the financial
management of public secondary schools and assess the influence of capacity building on
integration of ICT in the financial management of public secondary schools in Kisii Central Sub-
County. The study adopts a descriptive survey design to investigate factors affecting the
integration of ICT in the financial management of secondary schools in Kisii County. The target
population for this study consisted of all public secondary schools in Kisii County. Purposive
sampling technique was used in selecting schools that have incorporated ICT in the delivery of
their management systems.The researcher intends to use two types of research instruments in this
study. They include; principals’ interview schedules and questionnaires for deputy principals,
computer teachers and HODs. A pilot study was conducted in three schools that were not
selected for main the study. This ensured that the study gets the intended information from the
questionnaires. Data was obtained from the questionnaires, observations and interviews in its
original form may be difficult to interpret. Such data was cleaned, coded, entered into a computer
and analyzed. The chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between independent
and dependent variables. Thereafter, make conclusions and recommendations. The findings
showed that school administration play a key role in integrating ICTs in managing school
finances. Several factors were found to affect integration of ICTs in managing school finances.
This included unavailability and inappropriate ICT infrastructure in the secondary schools; poor
power supply and limited number of computers in most schools in the region. Internet
connectivity was rated poorly in all the schools with some of them not having even a school email
address. The administration has not fully owned ICT projects and most of the heads see it as
an extra/unnecessary expense to the already constrained school budget. Lack of sufficient
finances has been a challenge in most schools in Kisii County. It is recommended that for
schools to successfully integrate ICTs in their financial management practices, they should set
more flexible structures within which to accommodate recurrent ICT needs like breakdowns and
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