Level of Water Governance in Schools and its Effect on Student Participation in Education

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue XII, December 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Level of Water Governance in Schools and its Effect on Student Participation in Education

Wambeye K.M¹, Wasike, D.W², Obino, P.O^3
1Department of Educational Planning and Management, Kibabii University, Kenya
²Department of Science & Mathematics Education, Kibabii University, Kenya
³Department of Social Sciences, Kibabii University, Kenya

Abstract:
Adequate access to water, hygiene and sanitation is every human’s and child’s right. These do not reflect national policies aspirations and are not adequate to student’s needs, affecting their health, well-being, performance and participation at school in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted to sample from boarding schools that were sampled to take part in a study conducted in Bungoma County in the Western region of Kenya. Stratified sampling was employed in choosing the Schools while questionnaires, interview schedules, document analysis and focus groups were used to gather data. The model was not able to significantly predict the level of water governance in schools and its effect on student participation in education and hence concluded that every boarding secondary school should develop a drinking water access plan. This study provides an empirical pattern of participation in education influenced by WASH in schools.

Key Words: water governance, Hygiene, sanitation, Participation

Introduction

Water is the most important natural resource, indispensable for life and at the same time the backbone of growth and prosperity for mankind. According to estimations by the United Nations (2009) more people die presently due to insufficient access to safe water and basic sanitation than in military conflicts, Because of the importance of water services for the economic growth of a country and the wellbeing of its population. United Nation Development programme (UNDP-2010) recommends that governments should provide investments equivalent to 1% of the national product in the provision of water. The growing demands for water against the limited natural endowment and its increasing scarcity could result in armed conflicts and pandemics if infrastructure and management of water is not improved.
A joint report by United Nations Children’s Fund (2016) and World health organization(2016) through monitoring programme for water supply, sanitation and hygiene shows that 570 million children go to school every day without safe water and Nearly 900 million children worldwide lacked basic hygiene service at their school. Further the report reveals that quarter of secondary schools had no hygiene service and Over 620 million children worldwide lacked a basic sanitation service at their school.Globally,

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