Individual factors influencing headteachers’ competence in human resource management in public primary schools in Kayole north division, Kenya
Abstract
Human Resource Management is considered as headteachers’ management of
recruitment procedures, contracts and salaries for teachers’ by School
Management Committees and including also a strong developmental and strategic
approach. The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual factors
influencing headteachers’ competence in human resource management in public
primary schools in Kayole North Division, Nairobi County, Kenya. The
objectives were to identify the influence of level of education, administrative
experience, professional qualification and attendance of seminars/workshops by
headteachers on Human Resource Management in public primary schools in
Kayole North Division. The study targeted 12 public primary schools, 12
headteachers and 216 primary school teachers in Kayole North Division. The
sample size was 120 respondents comprising; 12 headteachers and randomly
sample 12 teachers from each school to involve 108 teachers. Data was gathered
using questionnaires for the teachers and interview schedule for headteachers.
Primary data was collected and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative
techniques and presented in tables and graphs. Secondary data was obtained from
journals and schools data base. Data collected was analyzed using (Statistical
Package for Social Sciences) SPSS. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis
were used. The findings showed majority 88% indicated that human resource
management is influenced by the head teachers’ education level. Majority 78% of
the headteachers’ indicated that administrative experience influences his
competence in human resource management. Majority 82% indicated that
headteachers professional qualification influences their competence in human
resource management. The study may be significant in that it may give
recommendations to the schools on the necessity of competence among the
headteachers in Human Resource Management in public primary schools. The
education stakeholders like Teachers Service Commission, Kenya Education
Management Institute and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology at
district level may see the need for training and get information that may assist
their headteachers grow in terms of knowledge, skills and productivity in human
resource management. Other researchers too might get data from the research and
get reference points. The head teachers should attend seminars to enhance their
human resource management skills. There should be further research on the
influence of team work development among the school stakeholders in human
resource management in primary schools. There should be a study on the
influence of policies on the appointment of headteachers as human resource
managers in primary schools. This study focused only on public primary schools;
therefore a study on other school categories can be done in relation to
headteachers human resource management. There should be a study on other
factors influencing head teachers human resource management in primary schools
since this study only focused on four factors.
Citation
Department of Educational Administration and Planning,Publisher
University of Nairobi
Description
Masters of Education in Corporate Governance in Education
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- Faculty of Education (FEd) [6020]