Barasa, Jane (2017) Succession of Principals and Its Influence on Secondary Schools Performance in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. Masters thesis, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
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Abstract
Influenceive institutional management is critical for the realization of quality education which is necessary for the attainment of national socio-economic development. In Kenya there are secondary schools that have consistently performed well due to good management. It is however noted that during administrative succession, there are likely to be disruptions that may adversely affect the stability in these schools. Successful administrative succession enhances continuity in the service delivery in the affected schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of succession of principals on performance of secondary schools in Trans-Nzoia County in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to; establish the factors that influence the succession of principals in secondary schools in Trans-Nzoia County, assess the influence of the succession of principals on the staff morale, and establish the influence of the succession of principals on schools’ performance in co-curricular activities, determine the influence of the succession of principals on the schools’ academic performance and establish the influence of succession of principals on students’ discipline. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population for the study was 132 principals, 867 teachers, 334 non-teaching staff, 132 members of the Boards of Management, 7 representatives from sponsor churches and three quality assurance officers from the county. Purposive sampling was used to select the 44 principals, 44 members of the Boards of Management; saturated sampling was used to select 7 representatives of the sponsor churches and 3 quality assurance and standards officers. Simple random sampling was used to select 260 teachers and 100 members of the nonteaching staff. A total of four hundred and fifty eight (458) respondents formed the sample for the study. Primary data was collected from the respondents using a questionnaire and interviews while secondary data was obtained from document analysis. The reliability of the research instruments was determined through the Pearson’s product moment method using the data obtained during the pilot study. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics used were percentages and frequencies while t-test and linear regression analysis were used as inferential statistics for testing the hypothesis. The findings of the study were that succession of principals in Trans Nzoia County was necessitated by poor students’ academic performance, students’ indiscipline and normal TSC transfers. Study findings further indicated that succession of principals both internal and external led to improved students’ academic performance, internal succession had significant influence on students’ discipline while external succession had no significant influence on students’ discipline; the study also indicated that both internal and external succession had significant influence on performance in co-curricular activities. The study concludes that proper succession management strategies should be put in place to enable enhancement of these positive outcomes. Succession management policies should be properly put in place and supported to avoid any incidences of resistance to succession. It is hoped that the findings of the study may help education policy makers to influenceively plan for succession.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2018 11:31 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2018 11:31 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5606 |
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