Gender Mainstreaming In Secondary Schools’ Boards Of Management In Kenya: A Case Study Of Uriri Sub County, Migori County
Abstract
The study investigated gender mainstreaming in secondary schools’ boards of management
(BOMS) in Kenya. The study was conducted in public secondary primary schools of uriri
sub County of Migori County, Kenya. The study identified three research objectives and
three questions that guided data collection and analysis. The main objective of the study
was to investigate gender mainstreaming in board of management in secondary schools in
Uriri Sub County. The study had to investigate the influence of cultural factors on gender
mainstreaming in secondary schools’ BOMs. Investigation of the influence of socio
economic status on gender mainstreaming in secondary schools’ board of management was
conducted. Assessment on the influence of education on gender mainstreaming in
secondary schools’ board of management was also conducted. The review of related
literature covered three themes, namely: cultural factors; socio economic status; and
educational level status that addressed objectives of the study. Other relevant literature for
the study included an overview of gender mainstream and poly guides on nomination of
BOM members. The related literature reviewed led to the identification of knowledge gaps
that the study filled. The study addressed three variables. The variables included culture,
socio economic and education.The study was guided by Marxist feminism as Advanced by
Engel (Edger. 2008). In this theory, there is a parallel argument: the moulding, direction,
and expression of sexuality organize society into two sexes, women and men which
division underlies the totality of social relations.The study further adopted the descriptive
survey design which was used to collect data from two sets of questionnaires and interview
schedule. The target population comprised principals, BOM members and nominating
agencies in secondary schools. Sample size of 8principals, 120 BOM members and 16
nominating agencies was selected. The total sample size for the study was 144. This
conformed to the confidence Interval of 0.05, confidence level of 95 percent which is a Zscore
of 1.96 and standard of deviation of 0.5.It was concluded from the study findings that
cultural factors and socio economic factors influenced nomination and participation of
BOM members.It was recommended that the state department of education should align
nomination guidelines with the constitutional rights on the bill of rights. The study further
recommended a study on the impact of nominating agencies on gender mainstreaming in
BOMS in secondary schools should be conducted. The study might be significant to
provide education planners and policy makers in their overall effort to formulate and
implement equal participation in BOMs. This study might also be important to researchers
for identification of areas for future research.
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University of Nairobi
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