| dc.description.abstract | Teachers say that there are gross infringements on teachers that lead to tensions, which cause negative effects on student performance. They report that schools' poor performance was inexplicably tied to Board of Governors persistent differences leading to rejection of better-qualified teachers during recruitment. This study was necessitated by lack of studies on the determinants of Board of Governors influence on students' academic performance in Kenya is inadequate. The purpose of the study was to examine determinants of Board of Governors influencing students' academic performance of public secondary schools in Kakamega Central District.
The study has been guided by the following objectives: to establish how educational levels of Board of Governors influence students' academic performance in Kakamega Central District; to determine how experience of Board of Governors influence students' academic performance in Kakamega Central District; to examine how management skills of Board of Governors influence students' academic performance in Kakamega Central District; to establish how the training levels of Board of Governors' influence students' academic performance in Kakamega Central District. The study employed descriptive survey research design whose purpose was to examine determinants of Board of Governors influencing students' academic performance of public secondary schools in Kakamega Central District. The study targeted 26 Board of Governors' members, 20 head teachers, one District Education Officers (DEO) and one District Quality Assurance and Standards Officer (DQASO).
The respondents were selected through simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The research instruments used were the questionnaire and the interview schedule. On validity of the instruments, the researcher used content validity while the test re-test method was used to test reliability comparing with a Pearson product moment of O.S.The
researcher then analysed the data and presented the results in form of frequency tables ..;
and cross tabulation tables. The study findings indicated that Board of Governors' educational levels had a positive insignificant association on students' academic performance; experience of Board of Governors ' in the management of public secondary schools was not satisfactory; Board of Governors were inadequate in the management skills like financial, human, conceptual,' technical skills and were therefore, not competent enough to positively influence students' academic performance; results revealed the Board of Governors' acquisition of variety of skills
and knowledge during training sessions, were not sufficient to significantly influence students' academic performance.
Therefore the following recommendations were made: Ministry of Education should establish a mandatory training course, conferences, seminars and workshops for all the Board of Governors ; a comprehensive plan of service for Board of Governors members should be enacted in order to reduce the unique proportions of stress, which make them vulnerable to difficulties with social and or emotional adjustment and thus lower their overall managerial effectiveness; the Board of Governors should do more schools visits more frequently meeting with students and teachers to try to enhance academic performance in the schools and the Government and school management should ensure adequate resources like physical and instructional materials for learning are provided for effective students' academic performance. The findings of this study may be useful to the Ministry of Education, Kenya Education Staffing Institute (KESI) and other stakeholders in education in their improvement of policies and practices on the influence of Board of Governors on academic performance of public secondary schools. | en_US |
