| dc.description.abstract | Despite the effort of the community and government in developing secondary education, there are increasing concerns regarding secondary schools accessibility among the Pokot community. Due to this the donor funding by and through the church have come in to boost the development of secondary education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of donor funding in development of secondary education, a case of church sponsored schools in West Pokot County, Kenya. The study focused on secondary education projects of three church missions in the county, namely; Roman Catholic Church (RCC), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK), and Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) from 2000 to 2013. The specific objectives of the study include; to establish whether church donor funding influenced development of secondary schools infrastructure, to determine whether church sponsored schools influenced the development of students‟ scholarship programme, to explore the extent of donor funding contribution in land provision for expansion and development of secondary education in Pokot county, and to determine whether the church influenced the development of teaching and learning resources. A descriptive survey design was used in the study. The target population comprised of the key informants-educational officers in the county level, the school principals, and church missions‟- leaders in the dioceses offices, also students of the 36 secondary schools sponsored by donor funding from the church. The sample size of the students was taken through simple random sampling and the leaders mainly the principals, educational county leaders and church mission leaders was sampled through judgement sampling a major branch of purposive sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules, and observations. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics whereby both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used. The research findings indicate that church donors have really developed secondary schools infrastructure. The findings showed that all the three churches have really invested in buildings, eg. classes, dorms, toilets, library and so forth. It was clear that the donor funding by the church influence students sponsorship mainly those who are bright and from humble background. Students who got scholarships from church donor funding were 28.9%. The six schools sampled for provision of land showed that the church provided in total 195 acres of land. ACK provided 63 acres, while RCC 70 acres, and ELCK 62 acres. Last but not least on the influence of church in development of teaching and learning resources, findings indicated that 64.8% are from the government and 25.1% from the church-funds | en_US |
