Factors Influencing Management Of Private Secondary Schools In Machakos County, Kenya

Abstract

Management of private schools has to do with the art of getting people together to accomplish desired goals through planning, organizing , sourcing , leading or directing in schools that are owned, funded, managed and financed by the actors other than the state although the state may control part or most of the school functions. This study was conducted to evaluate the Factors Influencing Management of Private Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to find out to what extend principals qualifications, sources of finance, working relationships and government policies influence management of private secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The research used descriptive study design to accomplish the research objectives. Machakos County has a total of 96 private secondary schools and 30 schools were chosen randomly from each sub-county. The respondents of the study were school principals and school owners of the chosen schools. The study therefore used a sample size of 60 respondents. Questionnaires will be used to acquire data from the respondents. Cronbachs alpha technique was used to test reliability. Simple random sampling was used to select the sample size. Primary data was collected to achieve the objectives of the study. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive technique with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. Data shall be presented in tables and charts and interpretations made according to the research objectives. Conclusions and new recommendations were drawn based on the analysis and interpretation of data collected from the respondents.