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

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International Journal of Education and Practice Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.7176/jep/14-25-04

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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 X 2 = 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

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代班计划对肯尼亚马查科斯县公立中学校长管理的影响

本研究的目的是基于以下目标，调查代读计划对肯尼亚马查科斯县公立中学校长管理的影响:确定代读计划对肯尼亚马查科斯县公立中学校长管理的影响程度。这项研究是基于Henri Fayol(1841-1925)和Breeze(2002)提出的行政管理理论。本研究采用描述性调查研究设计。目标人群包括马查科斯县所有230所公立中学，其中包括230名校长、264名副校长、5名KEMI主任和8名副县教育官员。采用分层抽样的方法，选取8个副县形成一个地层进行研究。30%的人口被用于校长和副校长。70所学校被选为这项研究的对象。采用人口普查抽样的方法，选出8名副县长和5名区长。采用访谈表(副县级教育官员和KEMI主任)和问卷(校长和副校长)作为数据收集工具。研究结果显示，代演计划影响校长的管理。替班计划与校长管理关系假设的x方检验结果。零假设采用卡方检验(df=3, Pearson x2 = 13.594, p=0.004，显著性水平为0.05)。因此，零假设被拒绝。因此，代演计划与校长管理之间存在强烈的显著关系。本研究发现，公立中学代班计划与校长管理之间存在显著的相关关系。关键词:影响力，代演计划，校长管理，公立中学DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-25-04出版日期:2023年9月30日

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