School of Education and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Influence of Free Primary Education on Pupils' Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Laikipia West Sub-County, Laikipia County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Kenya's government implemented free primary education in 2003 as part of its attempts to attain universal primary education. Despite these attempts, worries about the educational quality have grown. Due to a rise in ... -
Institutional-Based Factors Influencing the Management of KCSE Examination Irregularities in Nairobi County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)National Examination are expected to be credible as attested by none irregularities. The increase in examination malpractices in Kenya over the years forced KNEC to put measures in place to curb the problem. Despite ... -
Assessment of Factors Contributing to Low Church Attendance and Absenteeism: A Case of Methodist Church in Kenya Nyambene Synod, Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Regular Church attendance is often an indicator of Christians’ commitment and faith in God. Right from the New Testament, the Church has been symbolic, an assembly of followers of Christ who congregate regularly with ... -
Principals’ Management Strategies on Students’ Academic Performance, in Public Secondary Schools in Imenti North Sub-County of Meru County
(KeMU, 2022-10)Performance of students in K.C.S.E in North Imenti Sub-County has been declining. This trend has been of concern to the county and country at large. Arguably, the low achievement is associated with principals’ management ... -
Parental Involvement in Education: Public Day Secondary Schools in Moyale Sub-County, Marsabit County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2022-10)Several obstacles have been proposed as potential roadblocks to parental involvement in schooling. Parents who feel they are not entitled to get involved, feelings of inadequacy, language barriers and a lack of understanding ... -
Examining the Factors Affecting the Discipline of Pastors’ Children in the Context of Church Mission: A Case of Tigania West Sub-County, Meru County
(KeMU, 2021-09)Discipline whether of children or adults has a lot of impact in any society. Peace, unity and prosperity of any society is dependent on the discipline of its people. Peace, unity and prosperity of a family or a church or ... -
Influence of Selected Psychosocial Challenges on Academic Performance among First Year Students in Kenyatta University, Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2021-11)University students face numerous psychosocial challenges that contribute to poor academic performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of selected psychosocial challenges on the academic performance ... -
Psychosocial Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquency: A Case of Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Starehe Sub-County, Nairobi County
(KeMU, 2021-09)In normal circumstances, juveniles are expected to negotiate their psychosocial developmental stages smoothly with no maladaptive behaviors. However, worldwide a lot of juveniles have been found to engage in delinquency ... -
Critical Factors Influencing Success of Sunday-School as a Mission Field at Bondeni Africa Inland Church, Kenya
(2021-09)It is indicated that the emphasis of the Sunday-school as a mission field has reduced across churches. The African Inland Church simply mentioned the Sunday-school as one of its functions; however, it fails to show the ... -
Enhancing Evangelism through Education Sponsorship: A Case of Church Sponsored Schools in Mombasa County
(KeMU, 2021-09)Evangelism means proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that people may believe in God through Him, for the sake of their salvation and inheritance of the kingdom of heaven. Evangelism is crucial to the church's mission ... -
Head teachers’ Role in Performance Appraisal on Teachers’ Performance in Ganze Sub-County
(KeMu, 2021-09)Ganze Sub-County KCPE performance has been generally low, with more than 50% of the candidates recording less than 250 marks from 2012 to 2019 KCPE results. The pupils performances are a reflection of the teacher‘s ... -
Strategies Adopted By School Management in Containing Conflicts in Public Primary Schools In Lamu County
(KeMu, 2021-09)Conflicts appear to be a constant component in today's educational institutions, and they are becoming a part of academic life. Schools frequently appear to be a hotbed of conflict, and they can also be a reflection ... -
Social Economic Factors Influencing Learners’ Absenteeism in Primary Schools of Oldonyiro Division, Isiolo County
(KeMU, 2021-09)Education is considered as a prime driver of the financial improvement of countries and societies to the extent of 20% of the Domestic Gross Product. This is particularly so, when the learners consistently attend classes, ... -
Management of School Environmental Factors on Dropout Rates on Public Primary Schools in Kuresoi South Sub County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Kenya has made tremendous progress towards the achievement of universal primary education since independence. It has experienced an impressive increase in the number of pupils enrolled in primary schools. Despite the ... -
Alternatives to Corporal Punishment for Improving Students’ Discipline In Public Secondary Schools In Eldama Ravine Sub-County, Baringo-Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Learning institutions are expected to shape the moral behavior of students by providing code of conduct and ensure compliance to standards rules and regulations. However, due to various reasons, students often do not follow ... -
Effect of Affirmative Action on the Academic Performance of the Boy-Child in Public Primary Schools in Kieni East Sub County – Nyeri County
(KeMU, 2020-08)Education is fundamental to development of human resource capacities and economies. It is a vital tool in achieving greater autonomy, empowerment of women and men and in addressing gender gaps in all aspects. Academic ... -
Role of Christian Religious Education Subject on Student Behaviour: A Case of Day Secondary Schools in North Imenti Meru County, Kenya
(2020-08)The Ministry of Education through the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development have put a lot of effort in the implementation of CRE Subject. Unfortunately, its goals seem not to have been fully realized. The 8-4-4 CRE ... -
Teacher Factors in the Implementation of Curriculum Learning Outcomes in Public Primary Schools Kwale County, Kenya.
(2020-10)Curriculum is the total encounters offered to the learners through the school’s enlightenment (Bishop, 1985). Implementation is conceptualized by Mezieobi (1983) as the steps taken to place a consented policy, idea, proposal ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance among Mature Entry Students: A Case of Nakuru and Nairobi Campuses of Kenya Methodist University
(2019-09)Numerous studies analyzing academic performance and factors affecting the same among university students have been conducted and remedies have been suggested. However, little attention has been highlighted on mature entry ... -
Factors Affecting the Retention Rate of Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Hindi Division, Lamu County Kenya
(2020-08)Education and training is part of the social pillar in the Vision 2030 which partly notes that in order to promote access, retention and quality education for arid and semi-arid communities there is need to Recruit more ...