| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the determinants of programme implementation on student’s performance in youth polytechnics in Siaya County. The study sought to establish the extent to which provision of teaching and learning resource, students’ attitude, qualifications of instructors and managers’ supervisor)' practices influenced program implementation in YPs in Siaya County. The study was conducted through descriptive survey research design and used descriptive statistics models to analyze the data. Data was collected using questionnaires for 8 YP managers, 24 instructors and 154 trainees. Observation checklist was also used. The data collected was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to establish the relationship between independent variable with the dependent variable. The major findings of the study were that YPs in Siaya County have inadequate teaching and learning resource like training equipment, classroom and library. Secondly, majority of the youths in polytechnics in Siaya County have negative attitude towards the training they hold a belief that Youth Polytechnic courses are for the failures in national examinations and this affects program implementation in youth polytechnics. Lastly, the study concluded that YPs in Siaya County have inadequate instructors with very low qualifications and little experience in teaching and learning process besides hardly attending in-service training. This impact negatively on provision of quality training in Youth Polytechnics making it difficult for graduates to gain skills. The study therefore concluded that teaching and learning resource, students’ attitude and qualifications of instructors determined programme implementation in youth polytechnics in Siaya County. The managers supervisory practices on the other hand was found not to have an impact on programme implementation in youth polytechnics in Siaya County. The study recommends provision of teaching and learning resource that is not only adequate but also modern for example computers, sewing machines among others, creation of employment for the graduates of the youth polytechnics. The study further recommends building of the capacity of youth polytechnic instructors so that they can competently implement the YP programme since most of them (instructors) lacked pedagogical skills. | en_US |
