dc.description.abstract | The primary purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence students'
academic performance ofKC.P.E in Runyenjes Division, Embu County, beside it examined
the prediction of KC.P.E. with the four independent factors namely; school leaderships,
students' motivation, parents' participation in education and teacher establishment. The
study used descriptive research design to achieve its objectives. A questionnaire was applied
to the respondents to collect data on those factors. A content analysis and descriptive
analysis was employed to analyse the collected data and the respondents' views. Tables
presentations were used to present the collected data for ease of understanding. The
influence of school leadership on academic performance in KC.P.E was indicated. The
headteachers do not observe the leadership style that support good academic performance of
the students. The influence of student motivation on academic performance in KC.P.E was
indicated that students are not motivated. On influence of parents participation in supporting
education to academic performance of students in KC.P.E., it was found that parents don't
support education. On the influence of teacher establishment to students' academic
performance in KC.P.E, it was found that the sampled schools did not have enough teachers
and this greatly affected performance in KC.P.E. | en_US |