Influence of budgeting on implementation of development plans in public Secondary schools in Uriri district, Migori county, Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish influence of budgeting on
implementation of development plans in public secondary schools in Uriri
District, Migori County. The study was to; examine how the competence of
budgeting committee members affect the implementation of development plans in
public secondary schools, to establish how resource allocation affect the
implementation of development plans in public secondary schools, to analyze
how monitoring and evaluation findings influence the implementation of
development plans in public secondary schools and to establish how virement of
the budgetary allocations affect the implementation of development plans in
public secondary schools. The study employed descriptive survey research design
where the target population was 19 principals, 96 head of departments, 247 board
of governors and 19 bursars. Random sampling was used to pick the sample. The
sample size was 10 principals, 8 bursars/accounts, 30 heads of department, 76
board of governor members and 10 public secondary schools. The researcher used
questionnaires and interview schedule as the instruments for the study. The
descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and percentage, were found on
quantitative data. The findings of the study were that on competences of
budgeting committee and construction of school building majority of BOG
members (BOM) over 90% indicated that; budgeting skills, monitoring ability,
evaluation skills, procurement knowledge, project identification and decision
making ability positively influence construction of school building, on resource
allocation and procurement of learning materials and equipment, all the principals
agreed that it is only through allocating resources that procurement is done
perfectly, on monitoring and evaluation on implementation of school development
plans over 90%, HoDs showed that monitoring and evaluation identify errors. The
researcher concluded that budgeting must be there for effective implementation of
school development plans. Researcher recommended that a staff of experts be
based at the Uriri district office to oversee budgeting so as to provide continuo’s
guidance.
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