dc.contributor.author | Waita, Kaloki J | |
dc.contributor.author | Mulei, Kasau O | |
dc.contributor.author | Kitoo, Beth M | |
dc.contributor.author | Mutinda, Julius M | |
dc.contributor.author | Kalai, Jeremiah | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-20T09:51:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-20T09:51:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Waita, Kaloki Joseph, et al. "PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL DIVISION, MACHAKOS COUNTY, KENYA." European Journal of Education Studies (2016). | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.indusedu.org/pdfs/IJREISS/IJREISS_798_53392.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/96169 | |
dc.description.abstract | The objectives of this study were (a) to assess the impact of PTR on academic performance in national
examinations in public primary schools (b) establish if ideal PTR exist in public primary schools as recommended
by TSC, UNESCO and other international
st
andards
. (c) to identify the major challenges faced in the attainment of
appropriate PTR in the public schools in the Division. (d) to determine whether PTR influences academic
performance. The study targeted the 78 public
primary schools
in which a total
of 24 schools were sampled for the
study. Descriptive survey design was used as the research design for the study. Questionnaires were used in
collecting data for the
study.
The analysis involved use of simple regression to determine whether PTR predicts
p
erformance in national examinations. The relationship between PTR and performance was work ed out using
Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient R, the value of R calculated was
-
0.323. This negative correlation
between the PTR and performance indic
ated that as PTR increases performance decreases and vice versa. A
coefficient of determination R
2
of 0.104 was obtained. This revealed that 10.4% of the performance is due to PTR
while the remaining 89.6 % is due to other intervening factors or error in the independent variable. An Anova table
was generated (p<0.05) which indicated that the regression
model applied was significantly good enough in
predicting the outcome variable. A regression model [scores = 260.8
-
7.60(PTR)] was generated that could be used
to predict the outcome variable. The findings of the study revealed that PTR significantly influ
ences performance of
pupils in national examinations. The study recommended to all Education sector stak eholders to pay adequate
attention to PTR since it affects performance of pupils in Primary Schools. It recommended to the government to
employ more tea
chers to lower PTR and ease teacher work load. It also recommended to the government and the
MOE to review the Education Act to enable schools admit pupils on basis of PTR to avoid over enrolment and
congestion in classrooms | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Pupil - Teacher ratio, Performance, Impact, class size, contract teacher | en_US |
dc.title | Pupil-teacher ratio and its impact on academic performance in public primary schools in central division, Machakos county, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |