Jane Barasa

• Lecturer at Kibabii University

Discipline in schools is an issue that especially concerns educators, parents, and other stakeholders. In an environment that lacks order and discipline, it is impossible for students to learn effectively. Thus, order and discipline are indispensable for achieving positive educational results. The family assumes a pivotal role in shaping the early...

This study sought to establish the public primary schools’ preparedness for the implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum in Trans Nzoia County; Kenya by determining the types of training among the teachers. Descriptive Survey Research Design was used. The target population was 4,414 teachers. The sample size was 443 teachers. Simple random...

Discipline in schools is an issue that especially concerns educators, parents, and other stakeholders. In an environment that lacks order and discipline, it is impossible for students to learn effectively. Thus, order and discipline are indispensable for achieving positive educational results. The family assumes a pivotal role in shaping the early...

School discipline is a matter of concern particularly among teachers, family, educators and other stakeholders. Students cannot learn and teachers cannot teach effectively in an undisciplined and unsafe environment and therefore order and discipline are necessary for successful educational outcomes. The purpose of the study was to investigate the i...

This study sought to establish how adequacy of physical infrastructure and trainers in public Technical and Vocational Education Training institutions in Bungoma County influences trainees’ performance. Education Production Function Theory (EPFT) is the theoretical foundation upon which this study was grounded on. Prior to the study, a preliminary...

Delocalisation of teachers in Kenya came into effect in 2018 when long serving head teachers and headteachers, and later deputy head teachers and deputy headteachers were transferred to stations outside their home counties. These involuntary transfers were followed by numerous turnover intentions and some teachers actually quit the profession becau...

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health organization (WHO) on 11th March 2020. Therefore, being declared a global emergency, had undergone various mutations, therefore its effect on education was far reaching. The purpose of the study was to establish the COVID-19 effects on curriculum delivery in secondary schools in Kakamega county.T...

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of parental involvement on students' discipline in secondary schools in Bungoma County. The study was based on Erikson's Theory. This research design used for this study was Ex-post facto research design. The population under the study was divided into clusters and strata where samples were d...

Discipline is an important component of behavior as it defines the character of a human being. In Kenya, a lot of effort has been put by stakeholders to instill discipline among students in secondary schools but cases of indiscipline are still on the rise. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of principals' supervisory practices...

The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between resource mobilization and academic performance. The study was prompted by concerns among education stake holders over poor academic performance in public secondary schools. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The study was conducted in 360 public secondary schools in Bungom...

Food Security, at the individual, household, national, regional, and global levels [is achieved] when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for a healthy and active life (FAO, 2001). There is a strong link between food security,...

In order to minimize the cost of schooling and provide a 100% transition from primary to secondary school, the government launched free Secondary Education and free day Secondary Education. This move however has not realized the full transition rate. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of provision of physical facilities on s...

This study investigated the influence of parental involvement on student's academic performance. Simple random sampling was used to select 352 form four students from a sample of 13 public day secondary schools in Bumula sub-County. The data was analyzed using percentages, weighted averages, means and one way ANOVA. The study established that paren...

Incidences of student indiscipline in public learning institutions in Kenya have been rising sharply over the past decade culminating into many cases of school unrests. Consequently, loses of property and lives, insecurity and compromised quality of education have taken root in the schools raising questions as to whether Principals of the instituti...

The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between risk management and academic performance in schools. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The study was conducted in 360 public secondary schools in Bungoma County. The target population comprised of 360 Principals, 360 Board of management chairpersons and 360 Directors of Stud...

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of autocratic leadership on student unrest in public boarding secondary schools in Bungoma County. Ex-post facto research design was adopted. The target population was 76 deputy principals, 152 teachers and 3,040 form four students in public boarding secondary schools. Multistage sampling was us...