An Exploration into the Relationship between Schools Factors and Students’ Academic Performance in K.C.S.E in Mombasa District
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2010-04
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Kampala international University college of Education open and distance learning
Abstract
It was on 24th February 2009 when K.C.S.E. Results in secondary Schools
were announced: But when they were being analyzed Provincial Wise, coast
province was the second least. This made me uninterested with that
announcement which made me ponder over the year’s results.
In the 7 — 4 -2- 3 system of education in Kenya students used to do very well.
Schools at the coast used to be known beyond their provincial boundaries.
Students used to feel proud when they were being associated with their
schools. Old boys and girls’ associations used to flourish and they were very
active. Those were the hey days for students who were thirsty of education.
Educators were also regarded with great esteem and teaching was truly
regarded as a noble profession. Schools were centers of excellence. Challenges
were there but very minimal. Students in secondary schools were matured by
the time they were admitted in Secondary Schools. Teachers and Schools used
to compete in producing distinctions in their areas of specialization and used to
do it rotationally and departmentally.
Now came the new (which of course is no longer new) Education system of 8-
4-4 which was introduced in 1985 in primary schools and that was the first lot
of the 8-4-4 educational system that sat for K.C.P.E. instead of C.P.E. This
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change of the education system gave birth to really fires. Writing and rewriting
of course books, lack of course books and syllabi in some of the subjects (like
Humanities), lack of qualified staff, rampant in discipline cases, drug and
substance abuse, burning of dormitories by students with some students
inside, domestic child cases also are brought to schools because the parents
are. Unable to handle them, especially single parents and widows and parents
are even boxing their children in schools but funny enough they don’t do it
when they are at home.
Parents, teachers and stake holders are interested to know why that one is
happening. Is it the effects of the new educational system adopted? Which
could be the contributing factor (s)? Is that a dosage from God as a result of
man’s un ethical life on this earth? And several other questions that are
relevant to address the issue.
On the other hand the former students of these schools received the news
unbelievable but without concrete answers. Some directed their accusing
fingers to teachers, teachers and parents, parents, parents and their children
or all the three — teachers, parents and their children. Others accused the
Ministry of Education for implementing policies without considering their
human, material financial resources and physical facilities. This is because
even educational policies are also politicized by the elites for their own gains at
the expense of weak, poor and the children who are the majority of the
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population. In reference to all what is discussed above, this has made the
researcher to look for the answers and solutions to all those problems that
propped in and interfered with the past glory of the coast schools that used to
be known in all over the country in both curricular and co-curricular activities.
By doing this the researcher will have restored all the good names and
prestigious positions of the coast schools.
Description
A Project Submitted To School Of Post Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement For The Award Of The Degree Of Masters Of Educational Administration And Management Of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Academic Performance, Administration, Management.