Factors Influencing Management Of Private Secondary Schools In Machakos County, Kenya
Abstract
Management of private schools has to do with the art of getting people together to
accomplish desired goals through planning, organizing , sourcing , leading or directing
in schools that are owned, funded, managed and financed by the actors other than the
state although the state may control part or most of the school functions. This study was
conducted to evaluate the Factors Influencing Management of Private Secondary Schools
in Machakos County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to find out to what extend
principals qualifications, sources of finance, working relationships and government
policies influence management of private secondary schools in Machakos County,
Kenya. The research used descriptive study design to accomplish the research objectives.
Machakos County has a total of 96 private secondary schools and 30 schools were chosen
randomly from each sub-county. The respondents of the study were school principals and
school owners of the chosen schools. The study therefore used a sample size of 60
respondents. Questionnaires will be used to acquire data from the respondents. Cronbachs
alpha technique was used to test reliability. Simple random sampling was used to select
the sample size. Primary data was collected to achieve the objectives of the study. The
data collected was analyzed using descriptive technique with the help of Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. Data shall be presented in tables and charts
and interpretations made according to the research objectives. Conclusions and new
recommendations were drawn based on the analysis and interpretation of data collected
from the respondents.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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