| dc.description.abstract | Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E.) is a very vital examination in the Primary Education cycle in Kenya. KCPE is used as a basis for selecting pupils to secondary schools and to Post Primary Technical Training Institutions. Due to limited chances available, the quality performance in K.C.P.E. determines whether the pupil joins National, Provincial or District Secondary School all together. At such tender age of about 14 years the children are still dependants and have very little to offer to their families or the general society. Therefore, poor performance in KCPE is a serious issue that cause early school dropout. Drop out is a drawback to investment done on education, either by government or individual parents.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of administrative practices on K.C.P.E. performance in Maseno Division, Kisumu District. The study had six objectives and six hypotheses. The literature review in the study revealed that there are various administrative practices that affect pupil's academic performance in schools. The literature reviewed included effective curriculum implementation and assessment, school environment, teaching, learning materials and equipment,teachers' professional and positive work related behaviour.
A sample of 33 primary Schools in Maseno Division of Kisumu District was selected, sixty one Head teachers/deputy head teachers, 142 teachers and 321 standard eight pupils respectively were randomly selected to respond to the research instrument (profiles of head teachers/deputy head teachers, teacher and pupil questionnaire). Piloting of the instrument was done in 5 schools which included 10 head teachers/deputy head teachers, 12 teachers and 30 pupils respectively. The responses showed that the instrument was able to collect valid data.
The research instrument was administered personally to the respondents by the researcher. Although there was a satisfactory return rate of the questionnaires, the overall return rate was 86.9 percent. The data collected was checked, grouped and coded for analysis. The analysis of data was done by computing frequencies and percentages for demographic variables. Means, standard deviations and analysis of variance was used in descriptive data. Pearson correlation method was used to test the hypotheses and simple linear regression was done to assess the relationship between school and KCPE performance variables. | en_US |
