Influence of Boards of Management’s Partnership with Non-Governmental Organizations on the Provision of Quality Education in Kajiado West Sub-County
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of boards of management’s partnership with non-governmental organizations on the provision of quality education in Kajiado West Sub-County. The study employed a descriptive survey design since the data to be collected required a quantitative and qualitative approach. The study targeted 42 public secondary schools in Kajiado County. Sixteen schools (16) were randomly selected from a pool of 42 schools in Kajiado County. Census technique was used to select 16 principals from selected schools. Further, simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 108 BoM from a total of 272 Board of Management members. Result findings showed that partnering with Non-governmental Organizations influences provision of quality education. Based on research finding was also concluded that BoM partnership with Non-governmental Organizations influences provision of quality education.
Keywords: Boards of Management, Non-Governmental Organizations, quality education
References
Arenas, A. (2006). Privatisation and Vouchers in Columbia and Chile. In Zajda, ed. (2006). Decentralisation and privatisation in Education: The role of the State, 3-27. Dordrecht: Springer.
Government of Kenya (2003). Educational Reforms, Nairobi. Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education (2004). Policy guidelines for appointment and operation of Boards of Management for secondary school. Nairobi: Government Printer.
Mutunga, R. M. (2013). Role of public and private partners in financing and provision of public Secondary education in Migwani District, Kitui County, Kenya. Unpublished thesis. Kenyatta University.
Okumbe, J. A. O. (2001). Human resources management: An educational perspective. Nairobi: Educational Development and Research Bureau.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2007). OECD Factbook 2008. OECD publishing, Paris France.
Orodho, A.J. (2014). Coalescing Nutrition and Health Programmes to Enhance Pupils’ Participation in Basic Education as A Panacea to Socio-Economic Development of Marginalized Communities in Kenya in The 21st Century. A paper presented the
Africa Nutrition Conference, North Coast Beach Hotel Mombasa, Kenya. 10-11 March, 2014.
Republic of Kenya (2013). The Education Act 2013, Laws of Kenya. Nairobi: Government Printer.
UNESCO (2006). EFA Global Monitoring Report 2007: Strong Foundations. Early Childhood Care and Education. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
United Nations (2013). A New Global Partnership: Eradicating Poverty and Transform Economy through Sustainable Development. The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post- 2015 Development Agenda. The United Nations.
Von Bertalanffy, L. (1972). The history and status of general systems theory. Academy of Management Journal, 15(4), 407-426.
