dc.description.abstract | Students’ participation in school management aims to highlight the empowerment of the student
most important stakeholder, to be involved in the day to day running of activities of the school.
The study was confined to Kadibo division, due to the downward trend in the academic
performance of students over the last five years. The study examined students’ participation in
school management on academic performance. The study’s objectives were: to determine how
students’ involvement in discipline management influences their academic performance, to
investigate the extent to which students’ involvement in academic management influences their
academic performance, to determine how students’ involvement in school businessmanagement
influence their academic performance, to establish the extent to which students’ involvement
inco-curricular management influence their academic performance. Internal continuous
assessment tests were used as an indicator of students’ performance. A descriptive survey design
was used for the study. Questionnaires and interview schedules used to collect data for the
study. The target population consisted of 4010students and 14 academic masters/mistresses from
14 public secondary schools. The sample size of 306 students and 8 academic masters/mistresses
was used, represented by 8 public secondary schools, which were selected using purposive
stratified sampling and was distributed proportionally.A pilot study was carried out to establish
the reliability of the instruments and validity was ascertained by the supervisors. Quantitative
data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency distribution tables and
percentages with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The qualitative data
was transcribed, organized into various themes of the study and reported in a narrative form. The
analyzed data was presented using tables. The study revealed that students’ involvement in
discipline management greatly influenced students’ academic performance indicated by
175(57.51%) of the respondents. The study further found out that students’ involvement in
academic management greatly influenced their academic performance by 217(88.44%) of the
respondents. The study further revealed that students’ involvement in school business
management had a great influence on the students’ academic performance by 167(54.58%) of the
respondents. The study revealed that students’ involvement in co-curricular activities had great
influence in their academic performance indicated by 234(76.32%) of the respondents. The study
revealed that students involved in discipline management enhanced their academic performance.
The study revealed that involvement of students in their academic management improved their
academic performance. The study revealed that involvement of students in school business
management as members of board of managers increased their self-esteem and improved their
academic performance. The study concluded that students’ involvement of in co-curricular
management encouraged participation and active roles that enhanced their academic
performance. The study recommends that school managers should involve students to participate
in the management of schools as this would translate to better academic performance. Further
research should be carried out on the influence of students’ participation in school management
in private secondary schools. | en_US |