Influence of strategic planning on quality of education in public secondary schools in Kigumo sub-county, Murang’a, Kenya.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of strategic planning on quality of education in public secondary schoolsin Kigumo Sub-County, Murang’a Kenya.The main strategic practices looked at in this study were; academic target setting, syllabus coverage, levels of adequacy of teaching and learning resources, teacher professional development and time management. The study sought to answer the following questions; how does academic target setting strategy influence the quality of education in public secondary schools? How does syllabus coverage strategy influence the quality of education in public secondary schools? How do levels of adequacy of the teaching and learning resources influence the quality of education in public secondary schools? What is the influence of professional development strategy on the quality of education in public secondary schools? How does time management strategy influence the quality of education in public secondary schools? This study was anchored on the General System Theory (GST) as proposed by (Bertalanffy, 1972). The study used a descriptive survey design that targeted 39 schools with a target population of 671 comprising of 39 principals, 39 BOM chairpersons and 593 teachers. Simple random sampling and proportionate stratified sampling techniques were used in this study.Content analysis was used to analysequalitative data. The researcher analysed data with the help of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics was used to analyse quantitative data which was then presented in tables, percentages, charts and bar graphs in relation to each research question. Inferential analysis was conducted and chi-square tests was employed and established that target setting influenced quality of education by X2, (4, N=146), P=.05, this finding implied that there exists a statistically significant relationship between target setting and quality of education in public secondary schools in Kigumo Sub-County. It established that syllabus coverage influenced quality of education by X2, (4, N=145), P=.05. This finding implied that there exists a statistically significant relationship between syllabus coverage and quality of education. It was established that TLRinfluenced quality of education by X2, (2, N=129), P=.48. This finding established that there exists no statistically significant relationship between TLR and quality of education in public secondary schools in Kigumo Sub-County. Teacher professional development influenced quality of education by X2, (2, N=144), P=.05. Time management influenced quality of education by X2, (1, N=145), P=.16, this finding established that there exists no statistically significant relationship between time management and quality of education in public secondary schools in Kigumo Sub-County.The study recommended that students should not set targets alone but with the help of teachers. Regular assessments are necessary to ensure they are on track towards attaining their set goals. The MoE should ensure that schools are assessed regularly to check syllabus coverage andTSC should recruit more teachers to curb teacher shortage and reduce the high BOM teacher turnover. suggestions for further studies; there is needfor a study be conducted in the same county in private schools for comparison of the findings on influence of strategic planning on quality of education.