Influence of board of management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Machakos County, Kenya

Abstract

In a school set-up, discipline emphasizes upholding practical students' moral values, an essential ingredient in school management. The study aimed to investigate the influence of the Board of Management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study employed the Systems Theory. The study embraced a mixed methods design. The study had a population of 350 principals, 350 BOM chairpersons, 8026 class teachers, 700 student leaders, and 240 disciplinary committee members. A sample of 35 principals, 381 teachers, 70 students, 70 disciplinary committee members, and 35 boards of management members was selected through stratified, simple random, and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data. Two schools were used to conduct the pilot study to enhance the Validity and reliability of the study instruments. Expert and peer review ensured the content, face, and construct. Instruments reliability was enhanced through the split-half technique. The descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages and inferential statistics ANOVA were used to analyse the quantitative data using the Statistical Software for Social Sciences (SPSS). The information was presented in Tables. Qualitative data was analysed using themes and presented using narratives. The study established that there is a statistically significant difference between the Board of Management’s use of charging financial levies for renovation and property destruction on students’ discipline (F= 1,415 = 623.856 and p-value = 0.000. Thus, the p-value was less than the acceptable significant level of 0.05.