Influence of public participation on public primary schools development projects in sigowet soin constituency kericho county – Kenya.
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to establish how public members can influence the levels of
development projects within the public primary schools. It is hoped when the parents,
teachers, stakeholders and minded partners participate together in resource mobilization;
contribution of their expertise knowledge through participation in development projects in
primary schools can attain better facilities for conducive learning environment. Research
carried out in any part of academic field depend entirely on public full participation for both
quantity and quality implementation of projects. In the world, public participation on
community development projects may been found to be influenced by a number of factors
such as: participation in decision making at school level, social factors such as gender
disparities, and public participation in management of school development projects through
being elected as board committees and in procurement processes. The research have the
following objectives: Establishing how public participation on decision making influences
development projects in public primary schools in Sigowet/Soin constituency, Determining
how social factors can influences public participation in public primary schools development
projects in Sigowet/Soin constituency, establishing the extent to which public participation
in management of public primary schools influences school development projects in
Sigowet/Soin, establishing the influence of public participation in monitoring and evaluation
of public primary schools development projects in Sigowet/Soin constituency. The
significant of the project, hopes that the findings shall be of use both to the community,
ministry of education, in enhancing public participation in public schools development
projects. The theory that the project is anchored on is roles theory. Descriptive (qualitative)
research design will be used. The target populations are: parents, Head teachers, school board
of management members and stakeholders from Sigowet/Soin. The target population will
be 5,060 parents and 440 BOM. The sampled population for study will be 10 primary
schools, 5 primary schools will be sampled for pre-test and viability of the research
instruments. The sample size of those who will participate in the study will be: 352 parents,
80 members of school management boards, 10 head teachers and 64 stakeholders. The
sample selection was done by use of the percentage where 10% of each category will be
taken for research. Data for the study was collected through questionnaires and was organized
and presented using frequency tables. Data analysis was done using quantitative statistics
namely; frequencies, means and percentages and presentation were done using tables. The
study found out that public Participation in decision making with 64 BoM Participating,
Social factors influenced public participation in public primary schools development projects
with. The study also found that public participation in management of school development
projects design and planning approaches are some of the strategic approaches that influence
public participation. The study also established that public participation in public primary
schools development projects promotes transparency and accountability.. The study also
concluded that public participation in public primary schools is crucial. The study therefore
recommended that projects that focus on public participation in public primary schools
development projects involve the stakeholders building the knowledge, service delivery and
filling gaps. Further, the study recommended that project designers should involve the
general public in the project life cycle of school development projects. The study suggested
that a similar study be conducted in other parts of the country to enable a formulation of
public participation in public primary schools development projects in the county.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
Collections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5963]