Impact of the free primary education policy on quality of education in public primary schools in Mombasa county, Kenya
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2013Author
Abdullahi, Abdirahman M
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate impact of the free primary education policy
on quality of education in public primary schools in Mombasa County, Kenya. The
study was carried out within Mombasa County, Kenya. The research design employed
was descriptive survey design. The target population comprised of 88 public primary
schools within Mombasa County, distributed within the four old constituency
boundaries of; Mvita, Changamwe, Likoni and Kisauni. There are a total of about
1645 teachers, deputy head teachers and head teachers in those schools. Out of the 88
public primary schools, a sample population of 9 primary schools were picked
through stratified random sampling and the entire 203 teachers, deputy head teachers
and head teachers in those schools were selected through census sampling technique.
The data collection instruments used included; questionnaires, interview schedule,
observation schedule and content analysis of documents. The reliability of these
instruments was determined using test retest technique, Spearman Rank Correlation
Coefficient as well as piloting. Validity of the instrument was determined through
seeking expert opinion from the supervisor and other lecturers. Analysis of the data
was done using Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) software and data
presented in form of tables among others. The study found out that with the
implementation of the FPE policy, access to primary education had increased
tremendously. However, with increased enrolment came along some quality
challenges. Increased enrolment did not come along with increase in number of
teachers and increase in school infrastructure. Meanwhile, though not adequately, the
policy has been lauded for increase in provision of teaching and learning materials
such as textbooks. Based on these findings, the study recommends the need for the
government to allocate additional funding to employ more teachers to reduce pupil
teacher ratio, improve on schools infrastructure such as classrooms so as to create
conducive learning environment and avail more instructional materials among others
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Masters of Arts in Project Planning and Management, University of Nairobi, 2013Collections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5964]