| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to find out factors influencing gender appointment to
management positions in primary schools in Kitui Central Sub-county. The problem of
the study was to investigate the already revealed misguided assumptions in the
background to the study which hinders female appointment to management in primary
schools. The objectives of the study were to establish the influence of marital status on
women appointment, the influence of family commitment on women appointment and
also gender stereotype on appointment of women to management in primary schools. A
non-randomized sampling in which cluster sampling of zones followed purposive
sampling of gender and simple random sampling of respondents was used for the study.
Interview guide and questionnaire were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using
statistics such as percentage and calculated mean scores of likert scale values. The
analyzed data was presented using frequency distribution Tables. The study revealed that
family life experience in marital status, gender policy and gender discriminatory practices
of female influence appointment to management position. Based on the research findings
researcher concluded that gender structures, in the study area are influencing gender
appointment. This enables both women and men to appreciate that all have equal
opportunities for appointment to management. The family institutions needed to be
decolonized from men dominance to one where roles can be shared between both
husbands and wife without gendered prejudice. There is need to design all inclusive
gender policy that is free of gendered ascendancy to higher jobs and the males preserved
posts among the available job vacancies in education sector. The researcher further
suggested on the factors influencing males and females appointment to leadership post
not only in education sector but also other public sectors. This would help in unraveling
ways of designing gender policies which encourages equal opportunity access to
management positions in public jobs among both men and women. | en_US |
