dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to investigate the corporate role of KNUT on
performance of teachers in public secondary schools in Mumoni Sub-County,
Kitui County, Kenya. In this study descriptive survey method was used. In the
Mumoni sub-County there are 20 public secondary schools, 20 principals and 700
teachers. In order to get a sample for the teachers the researcher used the 20-30
percent to get a sample of 210 teachers. The research instruments to be used were
questionnaires for teachers on remuneration,employment,trainingprogrammes and
disciplinary cases of teachers and interview guides for principals on performance
of teachers and for executive officer of KNUT Kyuso branch on corporate roles of
KNUT. An introductory letter from the department of education, University of
Nairobi was requested to help in getting a research permit from national
commission for Science, Technology and innovation. Upon getting permission
through the permit the researcher got permission through DEO’s office Mumoni
sub-county before the commencement of research.The researcher arranged with
the sampled schools’ principals and teachers on the dates to present
questionnaires. The researcher personally administered the questionnaires
Collected data was cleaned, coded and processed from questionnaires from the
respondents. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics which
entails frequency and tables with the assistance of SPSS. The findings suggest
that KNUT’s governance strategies affected teachers’ performance in public
secondary schools in Mumoni Sub-County, Kitui County, Kenya.The researcher
found that 93.3 percent of the respondents were of the opinion that integration of
technology in teaching and learning process was influenced by improved salary.
The researcher established that 88.7 percent of the respondents were of the
opinion that KNUT’s agitation for employment of more teachers enhanced
revision.This research concludes that improved salary affected teachers
preparation of the professional records, willingness to take extra duties, setting
and achievement of targets, individualized education programs, improvision of
locally available resources for effective teaching and integration of technology in
teaching and learning process to a great extent. The study recommends KNUT
leaders to try to improve the performance of teachers in order to ensure majority
of their students are successful in exams. KNUT needs to be strict on the
disciplinary issues of their teachers to ensure improved performance of the
teachers. The study recommends the ministry of education to involve KNUT in
policy making thus avoiding confrontations and recurring strikes. TSC needs to
employ more teachers thus reducing workload and improving teachers’
performance. | en_US |