dc.description.abstract | This study sought to establish the determinants of academic performance in KCSE
examination among the sponsored students from a project management perspective.
KCSE examination was the standard the researcher used to measure the academic
performance of students in sponsorship projects, in Machakos District. The research was
guided by the following objectives; to assess whether the type of school influenced the
academic performance at KCSE among the sponsored children, to investigate how social
economic background of the sponsored children affected their performance, to determine
the extent to which sponsored child’s characteristics influenced his or her academic
performance in KCSE and to examine the nature of sponsored programmes and their
influence on the sponsored children performance in KCSE exams. The study was carried
out using the descriptive research design on a population of all the 6 sponsorship project
heads, ten secondary school head teachers of the schools where the sponsored form four
students sat their KCSE and the 96 sponsored children who did their exam in the last
3years. The sampling design engaged was census method since the population was small.
The research instruments used in the study included content analysis, scheduled interview
guides and questionnaires. The scheduled interview guides were used for the project
Directors and School heads, while the questionnaires were administered to the 96
sponsored. The data collected from the student respondents, Project heads and school
heads was coded and analyzed using SPSS and the results presented in tables in form of
percentages. The study found that most of the sponsored students attained grade C+ and
below in KCSE exam because of; poor social economic background, nature of the
schools they attended, their own personal attributes and the nature of the sponsor
programs. The study recommends the government improves the status of all secondary
schools, that the sponsors pay full school fees, and improve the social economic status of
the parents and caregivers of the sponsored children. | en_US |