The Influence Of Community Participation In School Governance In Public Secondary Schools In Rachuonyo South Sub County, Kenya
Abstract
Devolution of authority with provision for community participation in school
governance has become a priority in several major education systems of the
world. The purpose of the study is to establish the influence of community
participation in school governance in public secondary schools in Rachuonyo
South Sub County, Kenya. The study sought to determine how accountability, quality
education, realization of democracy and maximization of limited resources is influenced
in public secondary schools through community participation. The study adopted expost
facto study design where simple random sampling method was used to select
10 principals, 89 teachers and purposive sampling was used to select 10 B.O.M and
10 P.T.A members. The study used questionnaires and interview schedule to
collect data. Descriptive statistics used included the frequencies and percentages.
The study found that; schools were accountable in the management of resources.
Community participation influences accountability in schools which in turn
positively influences governance of secondary schools; Community participation
in education has an influence on the quality of education in secondary schools as
it leads to good governance of schools which leads to improvement in education
quality offered; involvement of communities in schools was a way of reaching
democracy and community participation in public secondary schools governance
influence maximization of limited resources. The following recommendations were
made; schools should ensure that there is community participation in the
governance of schools to achieve accountability; parents and community at large
should participate in the governance of schools to ensure quality education.
Principals should practice democracy through involving teachers, parents and
students in decision making and schools should try and maximize the available
limited resources. Suggestions for further studies included; influence of community
participation in school governance in public primary schools in Rachuonyo South
Sub County, Kenya; influence of community participation on school performance
and levels and ways in which community participate in school management
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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