| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing principals‟
mobilization of resources in public secondary schools in Migwani sub-County. The
objectives of the study were, to assess the influence of school based factors on
mobilization of resources, to determine the influence of principals‟ individual
characteristics on mobilization of resources, to establish the influence of parent-based
factors on mobilization of resources and to establish the influence of the sponsor on
mobilization of resources. The study used census sampling method in selecting the
respondents to be included in the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design
with both qualitative and quantitative data analysis approaches. The target population of
the study included all the principals of the 42 public secondary schools in Migwani subCounty.
The instruments for data collection were structured and open ended
questionnaires which were distributed to the respondents in good time. These
questionnaires sought the opinion of the respondents on issues regarding to financial
management practices in their schools viewed against their performance. To establish
the validity of the instruments, a pilot study was conducted in one of the schools whose
findings were not included in the actual study. The data obtained was analyzed using the
statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Computer software version 20.0 of
International business management. Descriptive statistics of mean and percentages was
used to analyze the data in order to meet the objectives of the study. Frequency tables
were used to represent the data followed by data interpretation and findings. The
findings of this study were that there was a strong positive correlation between school
based factors and Principals‟ resource mobilization (r (degrees of freedom)= 0.72, p =
p<0.05), there was a strong positive correlation between Principals‟ personal
characteristics and Principals‟ resource mobilization (r = 0.78, p = 0.000), there is a
strong positive correlation between parent - based factors and mobilization of resources
in public secondary schools (r = 0.82, p<0.05) and there is a weak positive correlation
between the role of the sponsor and mobilization of resources in public secondary
schools(r = 0.41, p < 0.05).Based on the findings of this study the researcher wishes to
make the recommendations; the government should increase the allocation of funds to
public secondary schools for development so that the parents will not be burdened with
more fees, the ministry of Education should encourage public private partnership in the
funding of secondary education, the schools should be encouraged to start income
generating projects to subsidize of the parents fees payment. | en_US |
