| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing pupils’
mobility in public primary schools in Sotik division, Bomet Country-Kenya. The
study sought to establish the effect of: schools’ performance in KCPE on pupils’
mobility in public primary schools in the division; distance from home to school
on pupils’ mobility; teachers’ transfer on pupils’ mobility; schools’ policies on
promotion of pupils between grades on pupils’ mobility and how the nature of
parents’ occupation influence pupils’ mobility. The study was guided by Rational
Choice theory by John Schott (Schott 2000).The study adopted descriptive survey
design. Systematic random sampling was used to get 12head teachers, 37 teachers
and 188 pupils. In addition, 40 pupils in two selected schools were selected for
focused group discussion. The research instruments used in this study were
interview guide, questionnaires, focused group discussion guide and observation
checklist. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and
presented in tables and pie-charts. Correlation was used to make comparison
between the number of repeaters and the basis of promoting pupils through end
year examination cut mark. The findings of the research showed that schools’
performance in KCPE influence pupils’ mobility to a great extent, pupils are
attracted to schools that do well in KCPE results. Grade repeating as one of the
schools’ policies on promotion of pupils between grades influenced pupils’
mobility as pupils avoid embarrassment that comes with it. Pupils’ mobility to a
great extent is associated with unstable parents’ occupations. The researcher
recommends that the head teachers and teachers should work towards
improvement of schools’ performance and that the MoE should formulate policies
to stop grade repetition in schools. The researcher suggests that a similar study
can be done on the effect of pupils’ mobility on their performance. | en_US |
