Factors Influencing Board of Management Members’ Decisions on Effective Management of Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in Garissa Sub-county, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing Board of Management member’s decisions on effective management of teachers in public secondary schools in Garissa Sub-County, Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine the extent to which board of management exposure to in-service training and their levels of education influence their effective management of teachers in public secondary schools in Garissa Sub-County. The study employed survey research design. The target population composed of 117 BOM members and 9 school principals from the nine public secondary schools in Garissa Sub-County.  Simple random sampling was used to obtain 54 BOM members out the nine public secondary schools in Garissa sub-county while census method was used to obtain 9 principals from the 9 public secondary schools in Garissa sub-county. Data was collected by use of Questionnaires and interviews. Cronbach’s alpha index was used to test questionnaires’ reliability and was found to be .810 while interview’s was done by highly restructuring the interviews items. Quantitative data was analyzed using Pearson r, while that from interviews were analyzed thematically. The study findings may be useful to BOM, education officers and principals as it will give them an insight on their roles to ensure effective management of teachers.         

Key words: Board of Management, Workshop / Seminars, Effectiveness, Efficiency