| dc.description.abstract | The introduction of the ‘Competence Based Curriculum’ (CBC) in Kenya’s basic
education system in 2017 was meant to promote early identification of talents along with
arts and sports among other talents. The realization of these can be best achieved through
deliberate investment in talent development. One of the key investment and
development areas is the training of sports teachers. However, the extent to which
primary schools in the country invested in professional or ‘specialist’ training of sports
teachers and its effects on pupils’ participation in sports was not well understood.
Therefore, the main objective of the study was to establish the impact of investment in
sports teachers’ training and its influence on pupils’ participation in sporting activities in
Nairobi County, Kenya. Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences theory guided the
study. Concurrent triangulation design was used for the study which targeted 68 school
heads and teachers in charge of games in 68 public primary schools within Nairobi
County using systematic random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Data
was collected using questionnaires and was analyzed using both descriptive and
inferential statistical methods with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Scientists
(SPSS) software version 22.0. The results revealed that school investment in teachers’
training for talent management could significantly influence pupils’ participation in
sports in primary schools in Nairobi County. However, presently there was a low
investment in specialist sports teachers’ training. The study, therefore, recommends that;
there is a need to emphasize that the sports teachers get at least one specialist training once posted as teachers apart from the general training they receive in the teacher training
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