| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate institutional and principals factors
influencing mobilization of financial resources. The study sought to determine
the influence of school size on mobilization of financial resources, principals’
exposure to management training courses, principal’s administrative experience
and the challenges facing principals in mobilization of financial resources in day
secondary schools.
The researcher used descriptive survey design. Census sampling of the 16 public
day secondary schools in Kitui Central District was done and the 16 principals
were investigated. The study also investigated 48 BOG members. The researcher
also gathered information from 16 head of departments from each studied school.
Data were collected using the questionnaires as the main research instruments.
The study established that all the principals (100%) in Kitui Central District had
attended management training in addition to their professional training. The
agencies which had organized the trainings includes, University which trained in
the area of academics, KEMI training on management of secondary schools,
KSSHA organizing heads conferences geared towards training on quality
management among others. Professional growth/ training equip principals’ with
management skills which include financial mobilization and management skills.
The training also helped the school principals to interact with other principals
facing the same challenges and therefore share on how such challenges can be
handled hence improving their administrative skills. It was also established that
81.25% of day secondary schools are single streamed and that schools size
influence mobilization of financial resources in that schools with more students
have more sources of finance.
The study also established that majority of the principals (62.5%) had
administrative experience of 5 – 9 years and that the principals with more
administrative experience acquire financial resource mobilization and
management skills which includes management of cash receipt, payments and
safeguarding cash balances. A more experienced principal is therefore better
placed in resource mobilization and management than an inexperienced one.
Finally, the study established that the parents(87.5%) fees/PTA payment seem to
be the greatest challenge in financial resource mobilization in day secondary
schools and that the school fees was the main reason why most of secondary
school going age children were not in school.
From the findings of this study the researcher recommended that; the
Government should improve the policy on the required number of students for a
secondary school to be registered, school principals should be constantly trained
on financial resource management so that they can be effective in financial
mobilization and management, teacher service commission should fix certain
experience requirements for promoting teachers to be principals and the
Government should increase the amount of money allocated to day secondary
schools so as to assist them in providing basic facilities for a school. | en |
