Relationship between Church Appointed School Administrative Leadership and the Management of the Students’ Unrest in Siaya County

Abstract

This study analyzed the relationship between church appointed school administrative leadership and the management of the students’ unrest in Siaya County. The study was underpinned on the structural functioning theory. The study targeted catholic sponsored secondary schools in the county from which the sample size was taken. The study adopted a pragmatic approach method therefore employing concurrent triangulation mixed method design. Questionnaires, interviews and document analysis were used as data collection methods. The quantitative data was analyzed descriptively through frequencies and percentages using SPSS Version 26. Qualitative data was transcribed and analyzed through content analysis approach. The outcome of the study was evidence of disparities between numbers of student unrest among the church appointed school administrator institutions in comparison to the government appointed school administrator institutions. The church appointed administrators had less incidences of student unrest in comparison to those schools with government appointed administrators and this difference was statistically significant. The findings indicated a positive and significant correlation between church appointed administrative leadership and sponsorship of development projects with the management of student unrest. The study concludes that student involvement and inclusion in planning of development projects of church sponsors and students would contribute to the reduction of student unrest cases. The study thus recommended that the sponsor should actively participate in school operations for stability; facilitation of spiritual guidance and development projects. There is need for more channels of communication between students, the church, and school management on issues and matters that may result in student unrest.

Keywords: Church appointed, School administrative, Leadership, Management Students’ unrest, Siaya County.