| dc.description.abstract | The vital role played by teachers in the moulding and shaping the lives of students into
meaningful and responsible adults need not be over emphasized. This is a noble duty that
teachers worldwide do with utmost passion and abandon. Educator attrition has resulted into a
terrible deficit in teacher supply, drastic drop in enrolment of students in institutions of learning,
dwindling performance in academic programmes, to mention but a few. This has posed serious
challenges to education planners in the country due to disruption of the aforesaid
programmes. Quality education delivery by teachers who are dedicated and highly motivated to
their call of duty is therefore quite critical. This study sought to investigate the influence of
teacher turnover on students’ enrollment in private middle-level Colleges in Kisumu City, Kenya
guided by the following objectives; to explore the extent to which remuneration of teachers
influence enrolment of students, to determine the influence of teachers working conditions on
students’ enrolment, to assess the influence of teachers’ qualification and training on students
enrolment, to investigate the influence of career progression of teachers on students enrolment
in private middle-level colleges in Kisumu city. Parameters of the study were related
through a conceptual framework. The theory through which the study was anchored was also
explored. Descriptive survey research design was adopted as a suitable research design to guide
the study. This is because, the design will enable the researcher to collect and analyze data using
both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The study was conducted in twenty (20) private
middle-level colleges in Kisumu city selected using stratified random sampling technique.
364 respondents were selected from all categories of principals, teaching staff and students.
Structured questionnaires were administered to teachers and students selected using
proportionate sampling technique. Questionnaires were also administered to principals selected
using purposive sampling techniques. Frequency tables, percentage tables, totals and means were
used to present quantitative data while cross tabulation was used to show the relationship
between the variables. Hypotheses H2, is strongly supported at 0.05 significance level,
demonstrating that working conditions in private middle-level colleges in Kisumu city influence
students’ enrollment. The chi square results revealed that there was statistically significant
association between working conditions and student’s enrollment at level 0.05 (χ2 = 27.22; df =
9; p= 0.05 ;) and the χ2 critical value at 0.05 is equal to 16.919. Hypotheses H3, is supported at
0.002 significance level, demonstrating that Teachers’ qualification and training influences
student enrollment in private middle-level Colleges in Kisumu city. The study concluded that,
there was need to improve the working conditions of lectures in order to motivate them and
attract more students to these colleges as a result of the quality services that will be impacted by
the lecturers. The study equally concluded that, colleges should endeavor to offer a better
remuneration and opportunity for qualified lectures this is important in order for the colleges not
to release incompetent students in to the labor market. The study recommended that, Colleges
should better their remuneration for lecturers this can be done if these institutions improve on
their revenue collection by adopting new revenue streams and marketing their services well. The
study equally recommended that Provisions should be made for lecturers to be able to integrate
simulation-based methodology into their lectures, and also, all classrooms should be equipped
with necessary infrastructure in order to enhance the skills and positive attitude that the student
teachers already have | en_US |
