School-Based Factors Influencing Integration Of Child’s Rights In Public Primary Schools In Kakamega South Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya Cecilia Mutambo
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate school-based factors influencing \nintegration of child rights education in public primary schools in Kakamega South \nSub-County. The study objectives were: to establish the influence of child-centred \nteaching strategies on the integration of Child’s Rights, to establish the extent to \nwhich availability of physical facilities influences integration of Child’s Rights, to \ndetermine the extent to which teacher training influences the integration of \nChild’s Rights, and to examine the extent to which availability and effective use \nof instructional resources affects integration of Child’s Rights. The study \nemployed a descriptive survey design targeting all the 85 head teachers, 956 \nteachers and 1,907 class eight pupils in Kakamega South Sub-County. Out of the \ntargetted population, seventeen (17) head teachers, ninety five (95) teachers, and \n190 pupils from all the public primary schools were sampled. Questionnaires for \nhead teachers, teachers and pupils were used for data collection. Instrument \nreliability was established at 0.80, 0.73, and 0.75 respectively. Data was both \nqualitative and quantitative. Quantitative data collected was coded and entered \ninto an SPSS programme for analysis. Qualitative data was put under themes \nconsistent with the research objectives. The study noted that most teachers were \nprofessionally qualified. The results further indicated that professional \nqualification of a teacher in child rights education was vital for the integration of \nchildren’s rights education in primary schools. In addition, the study established \nthat physical facilities played an important role in the integration of child rights \neducation in schools. The study findings also indicated that inadequate \ninstructional materials in most schools in Kakamega South Sub-County were \nimpacting negatively on the integration of child rights education. It was concluded \nthat inadequate professional qualification of a teacher in child rights education \nwas hampering the integration of children’s rights education in primary schools. It \nwas also concluded that availability of physical facilities in schools influenced the \nextent of integration of child rights education. The study further concluded that \navailability of instructional materials on child rights education influenced the \nextent to which child rights education was integrated in the school curriculum. \nFinally, it was concluded that the level of teachers’ training through in-service \ncourses was important in the integration of child rights education. The study \nrecommended that teachers should be encouraged to attend in service training on \nchild rights education; more funds should be spent on acquisition of physical \nfacilities and instructional materials and the ministry of education should facilitate \nteachers’ in-service courses in primary schools. The study suggested that a similar \nstudy should be conducted in a different location
Author: C Mutambo
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2625650206