Influence of Understudy Programs on Principals’ Management of Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of Understudy programme on principals management in public secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya based on the following objectives: To determine the extent to which Understudy programs influences principals’ management in public secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. -The study was is harbored on the Administrative Management postulated by Henri Fayol (1841-1925) and Breeze (2002). Descriptive survey research design was used to carry out the study. The target population included all 230 public secondary schools in Machakos County which included 230 principals, 264 deputy principals, 5 directors of KEMI and 8 sub-county educational officers. Stratified sampling was used to select eight sub-county forms a strata’s of the study. 30% of population was used on principals and deputy principal. Seventy school were selected for the study. Census sampling was used to select the 8 sub county officers and 5 directors of KEMI. Interview schedule (Sub-county education officials and KEMI directors) and questionnaires (principals and deputy principals) were used as instruments for data collection. The findings indicated understudy programs influenced principals’ management. The result of Chi square (X2) testing for the hypothesis on relationship between understudy program and principals’ management. The null hypothesis was tested using Chi square test (df=3, Pearson _X²=13.594, p=0.004 at 0.05 significance level). Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected. Hence there is a strong significant relationship between understudy programs and principals’ management. The study concluded that there is a significant relationship between understudy programs and principals management of public secondary schools.

Keywords: Influence, Understudy Programmes, Principals’ Management, Public Secondary Schools

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-25-04

Publication date:September 30^th 2023