Influence Of Donor Funding On Learning Outcomes In Public Primary Schools; A Case Of Marich Zone West Pokot County

Abstract

Over the years, education systems have experienced tremendous improvements of which accessibility to as been made available to all within the country. However, the absorption of the various education system by local society members especially in the found in geographical semi-arid and arid localities has been slow thus having an effect on learner outcomes due to the various aspects affecting these communities. The study opted to determine how materials provided for learning influenced learner outcomes: influence of pedagogy programs on leaner outcomes; the influence of school feeding program on leaner outcomes and how provision of bursaries influenced leaner outcomes. Questionnaires were also distributed to various respondents who encompassed head teachers, BOM members and pupil council members totaling to 150 respondents all from 18 schools within Marich Zone. The collected data was sorted, arranged and analyzed using SPSS v21 of which findings were presented in tabular form with percentages and frequencies being the units of analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used as surveying method was adopted in data collection. From the findings it was noted that the that learning materials have a significant role in in the improvement of learner outcomes as they provided the required sets of knowledge of which the students understood through the various illustration that they provided. Pedagogy programmes were found to be helpful in that they provided the required set skills of disseminating knowledge to both the teacher and students of which they were part of influencing the desired learner outcomes. The findings further found that due to the dry climate and the inability of most households to provide the required nutritional supplements, school feeding programmes were found to be more useful in retaining the leaners in schools thus achieving the set learner outcomes. Due to the poverty levels within these areas bursaries were found to be the major contributor of leaner retention in schools within the area thus an important factor in resource provision within the schools.