Influence of head teachers’ leadership style s on pupils’ performance at Kenya certificate of primary education in Matinyani sub county , Kitui county kenya
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the inf
luence
of head teachers’ leadership
styles on pupils’ performance at K.C.P.E. in public primary schools in Matinyani Sub
County. The study
objectives were
;
to establish the influence
of autocratic leadership
style on K.C.P.E. performance in
Matinyani
Sub C
ounty, Kitui County, to determine the
influence of democratic leadership style on K.C.P.E. performance in
Matinyani
Sub
County, Kitui County and to establish the influence
of Laissez
-
faire leadership style on
K.C.P.E. performance in
Matinyani
Sub County, Kitui County
. The study was based on
Fielder’s contingency theory of leadership
and employed descriptive survey research
design. The
sample
for the study comprised of 6 public primary school in the division
with 6 head teachers, 6 deputy headt
eachers
and
24 teachers.
The design adapted for this
study was descriptive survey. The study used head teachers
‟
, deputy head teachers and
teachers questionnaires for data collection.
Based on the findings, it was concluded that Democratic leadership styl
e was most
applied in primary schools that were identified to have better academic performance.
Democratic leadership styles are applied by some head teachers and it comes second in
academic performance while most
of
schools indicated that their head teach
ers applied
autocratic leadership style and have dismal academic performance. While the schools that
indicated that their head teachers apply laissez
-
faire leadership style scored very poor
performance since everyone is left to do as they will. Based on th
e findings it was
recommended that head teachers should use the most appropriate leadership
style
that
facilitates collective responsibility and which creates a conducive teaching and learning
environment in schools. It was also recommended that there was
need for facilitating
head teachers leadership
skills
as they had a direct relationship with students academic
performance. The study also recommended that head teachers should be provided with
in
-
service courses on leadership which is a prerequisite for a
cademic performance.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
Collections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5964]