dc.description.abstract | This study investigated school-based factors that influence performance in KCSE
in Taita District, Kenya. The study sought to achieve five objectives which
centred on selected school-based factors in relation to KCSE performance. The
objectives were: To find out the influence of teachers' characteristics on students'
performance in KCSE in Taita District. To establish the effect of provision of
teaching and learning resources on students' KCSE performance in Taita District.
To examine the influence of appropriate student personnel services on students'
performance in KCSE in Taita District. To determine the influence of
headteacher's supervision in teaching and learning process on students'
performance in KCSE examinations in Taita District. To identify the effects of
physical facilities on the students' performance in KCSE in Taita District. The
study was carried out in 35 public secondary schools covering the four divisions
in Taita District namely:- Mwatate, Wundanyi, Tausa and Voi.
A review of related literature was carried out under the following sub-titles>
Teachers' characteristics, provision of instructional materials, availability of
physical facilities, supervision and appropriate students' personnel services.
The study embarked on Ex-post facto design and the data was collected using
three sets of questionnaires that is the headteachers', teachers' and students'. The
instruments were piloted and tested for validity and reliability. Descriptive and
inferential statistics were used in the data analysis. Chi-square test was used to
test various research questions.
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The school-based factors which affected performance were unmotivated teachers,
inadequate instructional materials and other related resources inappropriate
students' personnel services, unfriendly supervision during learning and teaching
processes and inadequate physical facilities.
The study made far reaching recommendations to arrest the school factors which
affect performance. These recommendations were as follows: the teachers should
be provided with opportunities for more exposure through in service programmes.
The school should strive to provide instructional adequate resources. Appropriate
students' personnel services should be enhanced both by headteachers and
teachers to ensure a peaceful co-existence. Headteachers should carry out their
supervisory roles especially during all learning processes with integrity and love.
Also, schools should ensure adequate physical facilities are available to avoid
incompetent teaching and learning.
The study also made suggestions for further research. All these suggestions were
geared towards improving the well being..of public secondary schools in Taita
district. These suggestions included among others that the researchers should
conduct a study on other factors that may influence performance in KCSE other
than school-based factors. A similar study should also be conducted covering the
entire coast province for concrete analysis. A study focusing on private schools
performance should also be conducted. Finally, a similar study should be
conducted having an urban setting instead of a rural setting for comparative
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