INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL RESOURCES ON STUDENTS’ DROPOUT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA
Regina Wangeci Kiambati - Master of Education in the Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya
Dr. Elizabeth Katana - Lecturer, Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The Kenyan government acknowledges that there is need to enhance the education levels of its citizens in a bid to improve the livelihood of its citizens and to enhance the growth of the economy. Improved secondary education is essential in the enhancement of the education levels and skills of human capital in any nation. Unfortunately, in Kenya, the number of students leaving schooling without completing secondary education is quite alarming. The determination of this study was to assess the influence of school resources on students’ drop-out in secondary schools in Kikuyu Sub-County. Exploration was based on the education production function theory. The study was conducted using descriptive survey design. The study was carried out in Kikuyu sub-county, Kiambu County and the target population was 28 principals and 427 teachers and 10400 students of public secondary school in Kikuyu Sub-County. To determine the sample size the research adopted the 10-30% of the universe which is seen as representative. The sample therefore comprised of the 3 principals of the involved schools which is 10 percent of the 28 schools, 43 teachers which is 10 percent of the study’s population of 427 teachers and 1040 students which is 10% of the 10400 student’s population. The raw data needed for this study were collected with the help of pre-determined questionnaires and interviews. Piloting study was conducted with a hundred (100) students from Gichuru high school. The researcher used descriptive statistics where frequencies and percentages of responses were obtained through the use of SPSS. The study found that resources utilized in the passing and acquisition of knowledge was not enough in the institutions which negatively influenced dropout. The study recommended that there is a need for the provision of adequate resources to reduce the burden passed to the parents.
