| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing head teachers
resource management in District secondary schools in Kieni East district. They
include funds, human resource, political interference and physical structures. The
objectives of the study were to determine how the level of education of head
teachers, availability of funds, availability of teachers, physical facilities and
political interference affects resource management of district secondary schools.
The research design for this study was descriptive survey. The target population for
the study were all the twenty head teachers and 160 teachers in Kieni east District.
While the sampling design used was purposive. The data collected was analyzed by
use of descriptive statistics. Frequency, percentage, tables and graphs were used to
present the data. The data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS) programme.
The following were findings of the study; that 84.6% of the head teachers had
experience in headship as they served for over six years, while 42% of teachers
were form four leavers who have been employed by BoM. Majority of teachers
92.1% confirmed that funds received were not adequate which concurred with
60%of head teachers who confirmed the same.86% of teachers reported that they
did not have adequate teachers for all lessons while 61.5%head teachers reported
that there were times students were left without teachers . 84.6% of schools had
politicians in their CDF Committees hence political interference in managing of
district secondary schools, while 93%of teachers indicated that they did not have
adequate physical facilities in their schools where as 76.9% head teachers indicated
that they did not have adequate offices and dinning halls that could accommodate
their students.
It was recommended that the government should avail adequate funds for the
schools and these funds should be disbursed in time. These funds would be
important in paying the BOM teachers and in purchasing the required teaching and
learning materials and resources.
The school CDF committees should not include politicians in the management of
schools to avoid political interference. Schools also lacked enough teaching
personnel. TSC has not been posting teachers to those schools. Head teachers are
forced to employ untrained teachers. This brings more difficulties as the funds
available are scarce and instead of being directed to physical facilities, they are
directed to paying those teachers. Government is advised to provide teachers to the
emerging and already established District Secondary schools in time for better
performance of the head teachers. | en_US |
