Influence Of Principals’ Governance Practices On Students’ Performance In Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education In Rachuonyo South District, Kenya.
View/ Open
Date
2013Author
Mollo, Lynet Achieng’
Type
ThesisLanguage
enMetadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Corporate governance in Kenya is now gaining some level of recognition and
it reflects the interaction among those persons who provide services thus
contributing to improved performance. The purpose of this study is to
investigate the influence of corporate governance practices on the students’
academic performance in Kenya Secondary Certificate of Education in
Rachuonyo South District, Homa Bay County. The study objectives sought to
determine the extent to which secondary school principals’ use mentoring,
monitoring incentives, letter of recommendation and academic target setting to
influence students’ Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education performance
(KCSE); in Rachuonyo South District.
The study employed the descriptive survey design and all the 74 principals of
the secondary schools and at least two teachers from each school participated
using census sampling. The questionnaire was the main instrument of data
collection in this study, which was structured, and self-administered. The data
was analyzed using descriptive statistics, linear multiple regression and factor
analysis methods using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
The study findings revealed that most of the principals were conscious of the
benefits of mentoring their teachers and were actually putting it into practice.
The teachers appreciated that the mentorship program by the principals was
towards having improvement in the academic performance of the students in
their assigned subjects. They also recognized mentorship as an effective
strategy for enhancing the performance of students in secondary schools.
Mentorship was recognized as a useful strategy in helping slow learning
students to help them improve their academic performance. The use of
monetary incentives was found to an effective strategy in improving the
academic performance, since the teachers would be motivated to dedicate
more time and effort towards coaching students and teachers would feel more
motivated and ignite their commitment for improving academic performance.
The use of letters of recommendation by principals would inspire teachers to
strive harder to have their students improve their performance and would
create fair and health competition. Further setting of performance targets
would instil a sense of personal accountability and will motivate the teachers
into putting more efforts for the realization of such targets, thus improving
performance of students in national examination.
The research sought to encourage the principals to adopt objectivity and have
regular mentorship sessions for teachers as opposed to one of mentorship for
the teachers. This should be done through monitoring and evaluation of the
mentorship process by doing proper documentation and ensuring that learning
is on what is working and what is not working so as to enhance effectiveness.
The principals and Board of Governors should consider initiating and
strengthening monetary incentives to subject teachers in order to improve
performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on the other hand should ensure that they
encourage healthy competition for performance in the national examination.
The study also identified areas requiring further study. This included an
assessment of the effects of corporate governance practices in secondary
school management in Rachuonyo South District an investigation into the
influence of corporate governance practices on the performance of students in
Rachuonyo South District a study to establish the barrier to effective teacher
mentorship program the RSD and also establish the negative effects of teacher
target setting on secondary school students in Rachuonyo South District.
Citation
Mollo Lynet Achieng’. 2013. Influence Of Principals’ Governance Practices On Students’ Performance In Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education In Rachuonyo South District, Kenya. A Research Proposal Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master in Corporate Governance, University of Nairobi.Publisher
University of Nairobi, School of Education
Collections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5979]