• Login
    View Item 
    •   UoN Digital Repository Home
    • Theses and Dissertations
    • Faculty of Education (FEd)
    • View Item
    •   UoN Digital Repository Home
    • Theses and Dissertations
    • Faculty of Education (FEd)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Women in post-secondary educational administration in Kenya

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Full text (3.352Mb)
    Date
    1995
    Author
    Mwangi -Chemjor, C
    Type
    Thesis
    Language
    en
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Abstract
    This study is an exploration of the issues which face women in post secondary education administration in Kenya. Women dominate the primary level administration and secondary level adminstration in the girls' schools. At higher levels of administration and post secondary adminstration, the relative number of women administrators decline sharply. Various explanations are given for this scarcity of women in education administration. This study set out to examine how women responded to the barriers or impediments they face in the entry and advancement in education adminstration. It is a qualitative study drawing from interviews with ten women administrators in post secondary education in Kenya who describe their experiences of coping with their responsibilities at work and at home. These women are administrators in universities, teachers colleges, polytechnics, the inspectorate, the teachers service commission and Kenya Education Staff Institute. The chief argument is that gender with all the assumptions and attitudes it carries of sex-role stereotyping, discrimination, and of family responsibilities is responsible to a great extent for the opportunities and experiences that women are allowed to gain. The findings show that there are various points at which women in education adminstration in Kenya face gendered biases, particularly at hiring transition and promotion. Some workplace policies and practices also act as barriers to women in administration. Away from the workplace, the double demands placed on women and the expectations influence a great deal the participation of women in educational administration in Kenya.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11295/63913
    Citation
    Masters in Educational administration, university of Nairobi, 1995
    Publisher
    University of Nairobi,
    Collections
    • Faculty of Education (FEd) [5870]

    Copyright © 2019 
    University of Nairobi Library
    | UoN Quality Policy | Send Feedback
     

    Browse

    All of UoN Digital RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Copyright © 2019 
    University of Nairobi Library
    | UoN Quality Policy | Send Feedback