Effects of Employees Performance Appraisal Strategy on Student Performance in Nairobi. A Case of Public Schools in Utawala

Abstract

The topic for this study sought to assess the effect of employee performance appraisal strategy on the students’ performance in Nairobi. A case of Utawala schools. The objectives of this research includes determining how reward system, training and set targets on employee’s appraisal strategy affects student performance in utawala schools. Literature review was also conducted. This research adopted descriptive survey design to find out to what degree does training, reward, and set targets affects employees performance appraisal strategy on student performance. Convenience sampling procedure was used to select a descriptive research design. The target population for the study was 250 teachers in utawala Sub County with a sample size of 42 respondents. The study employed the use of questionnaires to collect primary data while secondary data was collected through documentation. Quantitative data was analyzed by the help of statistical package for social science into frequencies and percentages. The findings obtained in chapter four clearly shows that reward is amajor factor affecting employees appraisal strategy on student performance.Reward system conributes by 76.19%, followed by training which takes 19.05% and lastly set targets with only 4.76%.In conclusion, it became clear that reward system majorly influences employees performance appraisal strategy on student performance.This research has shown that highly motivated employees tend to be productive in their work place leading to efficiency in service delivery and the general output. Employees can be rewarded not only through salary and wages, but through better services, recognition, conducive working environment and provision of incentives. This study recommend that there should be development of clear procedures for rewarding good performance to avoid complains on favoritism. Utawala schools needs to evaluate the kind of reward to adopt in order to realize better performance in schools. Human resource department in the education sector should come up with appropriate packages and attractive schemes of service to their employees to increase their productivity thus resulting into quality services offered to students.