| dc.description.abstract | The structure and rationale of any peace building training has the goal of building
patterns of unity in diversity amongst the members of the major diverse
(ethnic/economic) groups. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors
influencing peace building initiatives in secondary schools in Nairobi County. The
study adopted the classical ecological model of child development as its
theoretical framework and sought to achieve four objectives. The first was to
determine how training students in peace building initiatives is successful in the
county of Nairobi. The second was to investigate the extent social and educational
infrastructure in schools influences peace. The third, the influence of training
heads of schools in peace building initiatives. Lastly, the study also sought to
determine the role teachers play in peace building initiatives in schools.
The research used descriptive survey design. Using purposive sampling, five
secondary schools which had been in existence for at least four years were
sampled for this study. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics
in frequency tables with the help of the statistical package for social sciences
software and was collected using a questionnaire. Purposive sampling was used to
draw a sample of 5 principals, 20 teachers and 122 students. There were three sets
of questionnaires. One questionnaire was meant for students another for teachers
and another for head teachers. Apart from section A of the three sets
questionnaire, which was required respondents to fill in their background
information, section B was totally different in all three sets. Section B of the three
sets of questionnaires meant to address the objectives of the study. A pilot study
was conducted in Kibra constituency, Kibera division. The return rate of the
questionnaire was very high at 98%. The reliability of the instruments was above
0.8 using Pearson‘s product moment correlation coefficient. The main findings of
the study indicated that the peace building initiatives programs are yet to be fully
rolled out in all schools. The study also found out that some of the initiatives were
very effective in bringing about a peaceful school and thus peaceful society while
others were not very effective. Most of the teachers and administrators welcomed
peace building initiatives positively. In addition, there is a positive relationship
between the training of students in peace building initiatives and the peace in
school. The relationship between social, educational infrastructure in school and
peace was found to be positive. The training of heads of schools and influence of
peace building initiatives is also positive.
The findings have important implications on peace building initiatives. For
instance, more teachers need to be trained in peace building initiatives. And
although peace clubs in the form of Amani club is an initiative that is noble, it has
not been embraced as most students are not members of this club. This implies
that the students have not fully understood what Amani club is. Further areas of
research suggested were carrying out a study on factors influencing peace building
initiatives in the whole society in Kenya. In addition, a study may be carried out
to investigate the factors influencing peace building initiatives in institutions of
higher learning so as to determine if there exist any peace building initiatives in
institutions of higher learning, how it was implemented and the relevance of peace
building initiatives in institutes of higher learning | en_US |
