| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated stakeholder’s awareness of the constituency secondary education bursary fund, allocation of the bursary, adequacy of bursary funds, and policy guidelines in bursary disbursement.
The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling and census methods were used to select the respondents. Data were collected using the questionnaires as the main research instrument. The questionnaires were subjected to 18 principals and 216 students in secondary schools in Mutomo District. The collected data was coded and analyzed using statistical package for social scientist software where frequency distribution tables were generated. Open ended questions were analyzed by grouping similar responses and the tally system used to generate frequency table. The factors identified as affecting bursary allocation were that only 30 percent of the respondents had applied for the and only 30percent of those who applied were allocated, all the deserving students were not getting the funds, bursary from the headquarters were not adequate, CBFC committee members were not following the Government guidelines in awarding the bursary.
The study revealed that all principals (100%) and all students (100%) interviewed were aware of the constituency bursary fund allocation. This implies that the principals had passed the information to all students about bursary allocations. Despite the fact that all students seemed to be aware of the constituency bursary fund, it was revealed that only 30 percent of the respondents had applied for the money with 70 percent not applying hence missing from the list for consideration.
The other factor identified was that the fact that the deserving students were not getting the funds. It was established that only 30 percent of the applicants were allocated the funds. It was revealed that some of those who got the funds did not deserve.
The other factor identified as affecting the allocation of bursary funds was the inadequacy of allocation from the head quarters. All the respondents (100%) stated that he bursary allocation to the needy students was not adequate. This is because they have so many needy students who were applying for the funds and had not been given. Some of the students end up dropping out of school or having huge fee balances which seems to affect the school operations.
The last factor identified as influencing the disbursement of bursary fund was revealed as failure to follow the laid down guidelines by the government.
The study suggest that further research can be done on the factors affecting the management of constituency bursary funds. | en |
