| dc.description.abstract | The school is a mini society where desirable individual qualities are nurtured and
developed. Education in Kenya has not fully lived up to this expectation with a
raging debate to scrap Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination to allow free
transition of pupils from primary to secondary level. The study objective sought
to establish the influence of positive school culture on performance at KCSE in
public secondary schools in Rongo District, Kenya. Descriptive survey design
was employed in this study. The target population for the study consisted of the
public secondary school principals, teachers and students in Rongo district.
Stratified random sampling was used to select 20 public secondary schools in
Rongo district. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Descriptive
statistics was used to show the frequencies and percentages of each response.
Qualitative data analysis was done simultaneously with data collection. The study
found that pupils’ enrollment influences head teachers’ instructional supervision
in public primary schools in Rongo district. The study found that in public
secondary schools in Rongo district core values are communicated, staff meetings
are meeting and recognize heroes and heroines. The study also found that the
students are involved in activities like drama, sports activities and clubs. The
study also found that the secondary schools in Rongo are faced with issues of
exam irregularities, which are handled by the schools appropriately. The study
concludes that there is need for professional behaviour among the staff, practice
regular school rituals to enhance awareness of improving academic standards.
Core values should be emphasized with the view of improving academic
performance and lastly, challenges of nurturing and promoting positive school
culture should be done. The study recommends that public secondary schools
come up with talent search program, set up special days where the teachers and
the students’ interact, improve their organization structure where the teachers are
consulted on performance and discipline issues, inculcate honesty and integrity in
their students by the teachers being role models, and that the teachers as
professional strengthen supervision and invigilation of school based tests and
examinations. The study recommends a study to be carried on the effects of
culture on the performance of primary schools in Kenya. | en |
