| dc.description.abstract | Training in the most simplistic definition, is an activity that changes people‟s
behavior. Increased productivity is often said to be the most important reason for
training. Perception is the proces
s by which organisms interpret and organize
sensation to produce a meaningful experience of the world.
Effectiveness is the
measure of performance of the trainees against some expected level of performance.
The International secondary schools in Kenya are
private, coeducational day schools,
which offer an education program for students of all nationalities
.
The study was
guided by Human Capital theory that is based on the assumption that formal
education is highly is highly instrumental and necessary to imp
rove the productive
capacity of a population.
The research employed cross sectional survey design that
involves the collection of information from any given sample of the population
element once.
The population of study comprised 672 teachers in 13 interna
tional
secondary schools in Nairobi County,
Kenya.
The study used a sample of 67
respondents drawn from the randomly selected international secondary schools.
The
response rate was 88.06% for all the respondents
.
The study found out that majority of
the re
spondents agreed
to great extent
that several training programmes have been
organized for us teachers.
The study also found out that
majority of the respondents
agreed
to great extent
that
training needs analysis wa
s conducted prior to organizing
for the t
raining programmes
.
The study concluded that training programmes had been
organized for teachers in the international secondary schools.
The study also
concluded that training
programmes improved the ability of teachers in teaching. The
study recommended t
hat
that training programmes should be organized for teachers
to
improve on effectiveness.
The study
also recommended
that
training programmes
should be regularly done to add passion to the teachers | en_US |
