| dc.description.abstract | Attention is increasingly turned to post primary education in the Millennium
Development Goals and education for all. The transition to secondary education and
colleges is one of the main challenges for primary school leavers especially among
OVCs. Therefore, this research was aimed at determining the influence of sponsorship
on completion of post primary education among OVCs, a case of Ngaremara location
in Isiolo County, Kenya. This research was guided by the following objectives: To
assess the influence of accessibility of sponsorship; To determine the influence of
adequacy of sponsorship; To determine the influence of consistency of sponsorship to
completion of post primary education. This research was guided by the theory of
justice and fairness as propounded by John Rawls. This theory emphasis that every
citizen should be given through education an opportunity to exercise freedom and
improve their social status. By making post primary education available to OVCs
from under privileged social status, it is hoped that one removes the handicap that are
inherited in being born poor on the level of education policy. This research adopted
descriptive and correlation research design with both qualitative and quantitative
approaches. Questionnaires and scheduled interviews were administered in data
collection from the respondents. The researcher used strata sampling procedure in
sampling the target population since the target population was not homogenous
Purposive sampling was used in selection of Ngaremara teachers to obtain in depth
information, simple random sampling was used to sample OVCs in post primary
education and OVCs caregivers/guardians. Convenient sampling technique was used
to sample OVCs out of school. The research administered questionnaire to 92
caregivers, 92 OVCs in post primary schools and 24 teachers both in secondary
school and vocational college. The research administered interview schedule to 28
OVCs out of school. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics;
frequency tables and percentage table. Statistical package of Social Sciences and MS-
Excel software aided in analysing quantities data for the research. The target
population for this study was 295 out which 208 was sampled (92 caregivers,92
OVCs in post primary school and 24 teachers). The questionnaire return rate was
94.7%. Spearman‟s correlation was used to measure statistical dependence between
variables for each objective. Spearman coefficient correlation showed strong positive
correlation on accessibility of sponsorship (0.556) and adequacy of sponsorship
(0.568) on completion of post primary education. Spearman coefficient correlation
showed weak positive correlation on consistency of sponsorship (0.399) and family
socio-economic status (0.312) on completion of post primary education among OVCs.
According to this study finding it is evidenced that OVCs in post primary education
have not been adequately and consistently funded. It was also a clear indication that
OVCs from low income families are likely to face a lot of challenges in completion of
post primary education due to lack of school fees payment. The researcher came up
with various recommendation one of which is that affirmative action is required in
allocation of adequate funds for OVCs in post primary education especially among
the unprivileged societies. Therefore this study brought into limelight the need to
adequately and consistently fund OVCs in post primary education to help them
become productive and self-reliable citizens in future. Consequently, a research could
be carried out on sustainability and rate of transition of OVCs in post primary
education. | en_US |
