INFLUENCE OF STAFFING LEVELS ON HEAD TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION PRACTICES IN INTEGRATED ISLAMIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN GARISSA AND NAIROBI COUNTIES, KENYA

The study investigates staffing levels and school location based on head teachers’ instructional supervision practices in integrated Islamic primary schools in Kenya. The study was conducted in two counties in Kenya: Garissa and Nairobi. The study was guided by systems theory by Bertalanffy in Sergiovanni and Starrat (2004). The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population consisted of 86 head teachers and 602 teachers from where a sample of 234was derived using Yamane’s formula (2001) then stratified random sampling used to sample 42 head teachers and 104teachers from Garissa and 44 head teachers and 130 teachers from Nairobi. Census was used to obtain all 86 head teachers since they were less than one hundred respondents. The study used questionnaires for teachers while questionnaires and interview guides for head teachers as instruments of data collection. The collected data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages and t-test. Research findings pointed out that location of schools significantly influence (

Influence of Principals’ Use of Collaborative Decision Making on Students’ Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya

The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study objective sough to establish the extent to which principals’ use of class meetings for collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary method influences students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study employed Ex post facto research design and targeted 333 public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. Stratified proportionate sampling and purposive sampling were used to select the sample size. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse, tabulate and present data. The Chi-square (x2) test was used to determine the strength of association between holding class meetings for collaborative decision making and students’ discipline and to test whether the observed relationship is significant or not. The study established that collaborative decision making was done within the school set up to enhance discipline. Of the principals contacted, 83.7 per cent indicated that there was use of class meetings as an alternative disciplinary method. Results of chi square had a P-value of 0.373. This indicates that there is no significant difference between class meetings for collaborative decision making and students’ discipline. The study concluded that there is no significant difference between holding class meetings with students for collaborative decision making and students’ discipline. The study recommends an improvement in implementing the resolutions arrived at during class meetings for this could lower tensions regarding areas that could be potentially divisive

Session 2 - Establishment of a VET system with focus on Further Education: presentation of ideas on the motivation and establishment of a Further Education system (FES), especially in universities in Sub-Sahara Africa

Session 2 Establishment of a VET system with focus on Further Education: presentation of ideas on the motivation and establishment of an education system, particularly a Further Education system, especially in universities in Sub-Sahara Africa. While session 1 discusses the basics of VET and Further Education, session 2 deals with how to establish Further Education structures by presenting visions and ideas on their implementation and formation. Different approaches are analysed from a VET perspective to develop them for practical purposes. The focus is specifically on efforts from Sub-Saharan countries