Democratic School Governance in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya: Rhetoric or Reality

Abstract

This study set out to establish the extent to which public secondary schools in Kenya practice Democratic School Governance (DSG). The study was prompted by the challenges in the Management of Public secondary schools in Kenya such as recurrent student unrest, lack of financial transparency, poor results at KCSE and teacher absenteeism. The study utilized descriptive survey strategy that employed mixed methods approach. The target population of the study was all principals, senior teachers and students of all the 122 public secondary school in Baringo County, Kenya. The study sample was selected using stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected by use of questionnaire and interview schedule and was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Keywords: Democratic School Governance, Extent, principals, Students, Secondary Schools.