Role of School Administration on Access and Equity to Subside Public Secondary in Eldoret West

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue V, May 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Role of School Administration on Access and Equity to Subside Public Secondary in Eldoret West

Dr. John k. Njoroge & David Kibet Biwot

Department of Educational Management and Policy Studies, School of Education, Moi University, Kenya

Abstract: – This study sought to evaluate determinants of access and equity to subsidized public secondary education in Eldoret West. The study was done in Eldoret West. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of intervention measures by the government and other stakeholder on access and equity to subside public secondary in Eldoret West. The study was modeled on the Education Production Functions Really Theory, proposed by (Lant Pritchett & Seon Filmer, 1997). The mathematical relationship between inputs was referred to as the educational production function by economists; descriptive survey design was employed. The target population for the study was the Sub-County Educational Officer and 16 Head teachers, simple random sampling and purposive sampling technique ware employed in choosing the sample size. The research instruments used to collect data was questionnaire for head teacher and teachers while the interview Schedule was used in SEO Eldoret west. A Pilot study was done to determine the reliability of the research instruments in 3 public secondary schools in Bungoma North Sub-County. Data collected was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The descriptive statistics used was the frequencies, mean. The study established that lack of support was the biggest challenge affecting effective implementation of subsidized secondary education in public secondary schools the researcher recommends that the government should build more schools and employ more teachers to accommodate all those qualifying for secondary education from the primary schools.

Key words: Role, School Administration, Access, Equity

I. INTRODUCTION

The Koech commission (1999) observed that almost all the previous education review reports stressed on the need to provide facilities, equipment, learning and teaching materials. In its inquiry the Koech commission found out that most of the secondary schools did not have adequate facilities, equipment and materials for the teaching of practical subjects. The situation expected to worsen with tuition subsidized secondary education. In the process of conducting its inquiry, the commission noted that the interaction between teachers and students was better where the class size was between 25 and 35 students.

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