| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed at finding the effects of procurement methods on cost effectiveness in acquiring supplies in public secondary schools in Nyatike district, Kenya. Many public secondary schools have been realised not to be following procurement procedures as required by the law hence making schools supplies acquisitions at high prices. This has trickled to high schools fees hence hindering educational accessibility to many children from poor families.
To investigate this researcher used descriptive survey technique in twenty secondary schools sampled in the district. Questionnaires were then developed and administered in the sampled schools to twenty head teachers, twenty deputies and twenty teachers who are also a member of tendering committee. Ten Head teachers were further interviewed to find out how they had constituted their tendering committees .. Documents analysis was also done in ten schools to authenticate if findings from questionnaires and interviews were true.
The collected data was then analysed using qualitative and quantitative techniques. This included tables, percentages, mean and correlation coefficients (r). Quantitative data was analysed by recording the data on note cards. They then analysed based on the demographic characteristics, procedural composition and execution of tendering in schools. The results were then recorded in tables to illustrate their frequencies in occurrences.
The findings of the study were based on the objectives. On establishment of tendering committees in schools, out of twenty schools studied, only two had constituted and had operating tendering committees procedurally. This was further authenticated by interviews and minutes of tendering committees. On effects of procurement methods on prices and quality of school supplies, majority of head teachers did not recommend tendering while, 60% of deputies and 45% of teachers recommended it.
In conclusion the study found that open tendering was not being practised in the majority of the twenty schools studied. Further it came out that if instituted properly, then a lot of financial savings can be realised in schools. It was therefore recommended that since procurement procedures are formed by the government to benefit the public, the PPOA and the MoEST should strictly enforce their application in public secondary schools. This would make schools acquire quality supplies at fair prices hence making schools acquire more educational resources i.e. buildings and other learning facilities. This in the long run would make education accessible and affordable as the fees charged would have reached an affordable level. | en_US |
