Orwasa and Orodho
Greener Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(4), pp. 076-084, June 2018
ISSN: 2276-7789
Research Article
Manuscript Number: 060718078
(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJER.2018.4.060718078)
Wastage in Public Secondary Schools: Strategies to Reduce Effects of Home -Based Variables in Kericho County, Kenya
Orwasa Bernard1 & John Aluko Orodho2
1Doctoral student in the Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya.
2Associate Professor of Research and Statistics in the Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya.
Abstract
The gist of this
study was to determine strategies for reducing home-based variables causing
educational wastage in public secondary schools in Kericho County, Kenya. The
specific objectives of the study were: first to profile the nature of
educational wastage, second, to determine the home-based variables causing the
educational wastage and, third, to devise strategies for reducing these
variables. A descriptive survey research
design was employed. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 10
principals and simple random sampling to select 25 teachers and 275 students,
yielding a sample size of 320 participants. Questionnaires were used to collect
data from students and teachers while interview schedules were used to collect
information from teachers and principals. The instruments were pretested before
fieldwork to determine their validity and reliability. It was established that
the nature of educational wastage was rather complex and rampant in all classes
in the study locale. It was revealed that the proportion of total wastage due
to student dropout (PTWSD) ranged between 49.3% to 83.7compared to the
proportion of total wastage due to student repetition (PTWSR) at between 6.8%
and 50.7%. The main factors responsible for repetition were
ranked in decreasing order of magnitude as: child labour, absenteeism, negative
peer influence, and lack of parental support of school development projects
The recommended strategies ^^^alleviate
the negative trend were: key
stakeholders, especially the parents and community members should be sensitized
to support school development projects ; and Board of Management in schools
should put in place early identification procedures to retain students who are likely to drop out of
school because of school fees and other home-based bottlenecks.
Keywords: Public secondary schools, household-based variables, wastage, Kericho
County, Kenya
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