Influence of head teachers’ leadership behaviour on pupils’ performance at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Rarieda Sub-county, Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of head teachers’
leadership behaviour on pupils’ performance at Kenya Certificate of Primary
Education in Rarieda sub county, Kenya. The study was guided by the four
objectives; to establish the extent to which head teachers’ directive leadership
behaviour, supportive leadership behaviour, participative leadership behaviour
and achievement-oriented leadership behaviour influence performance of
pupils at KCPE. Robert House’s Path- Goal theory was used to explain the
study. The study adopted ex-post facto design. The study targeted 940
respondents which included 115 head teachers and 825 teachers. The sample
size comprised of 36 head teachers and 288 teachers. The study used
questionnaires to collect data from head teachers and teachers which had a
reliability coefficient of 0.83. The questionnaires were then sorted, edited,
coded hence data therein was analysed by the help of SPSS and manually.
Various descriptive statistic like frequencies, percentages and tables were used
to arrive at conclusions. The key findings were that the majority of head
teachers believed that they always practised both directive and supportive
leadership behaviour which was however contradicted by the teachers. Both
head teachers and teachers were in concurrence that participative and
achievement-oriented leadership behaviour skills were not always practised by
the head teachers in their schools. Based on the findings the researcher
concluded that head teachers’ directive leadership behaviour influenced high
performance of pupils at KCPE in schools where head teachers embraced it
and low performance where it was not. It was concluded that head teachers’
supportive leadership behaviour influenced high performance of pupils at
KCPE in schools where the head teachers always practised it and low
performance where it was not. The study concluded that participative
leadership behaviour was not always practised by head teachers in Rarieda
Sub County leading to low performance of pupils at KCPE in several schools.
It was concluded that achievement-oriented leadership behaviour was not
embraced by most head teachers thus influencing low performance in public
primary schools in Rarieda Sub County. The study recommends that the head
teachers be sensitized through seminars on the importance of embracing
leadership behaviour skills in their administrative and managerial duties.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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