| dc.description.abstract | Education is a fundamental human right, and a key input in production and development
of an economy. This explains why countries worldwide plan for and increase budgetary
allocations to fund various educational programmes each financial year. There is however
concern on the quality of education offered and performance of students in national
examinations. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of teaching and
learning resources on students’ performance in KCSE in FDSE in Embakasi district. Four
objectives were formulated to guide the study; the objectives of the study were to
determine how availability of teaching and learning materials used in FDSS affect
students’ performance, which was done by determining the availability of learning
materials utilized in schools, the study also established how adequacy of physical
facilities and human resources influence students’ performance and also assessed the
extent of resource utilization and its effect on students’ performance in KCSE in FDSE
in Embakasi district, following provision of teaching and learning resources by the
government to the public day secondary schools. The study used descriptive study design,
and data was collected using three sets of questionnaires for the head teachers, teachers
and students. The target population consisted of all the Free day secondary schools in the
district, their head teachers, teachers and students. The sample consisted of 6 principals,
18 class teachers and 240 students. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, using
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), the analyzed data was then presented
using frequency tables, means, percentages, pie charts and bar graphs. The study found
out that teaching and learning materials were available and are utilized in schools,
especially those used in classroom instruction, like chalks, dusters and charts except
physical facilities are lacking and there’s gross inadequacy of human resources. This
resulted to overstretched resources with annual increase in enrolment rates thus
compromising the quality of education. Therefore the government should allocate more
funds for TLR provision to improve the status and condition of physical facilities and
employment of more teachers for the FDSE to be effective. Based on the study findings,
it is recommended that similar research could be carried out in other parts of Kenya since
different parts of the country have different characteristics. Further research could also
include a study on Integration of ICT and e-learning to complement human resources | en_US |
