Influence of headteachers' leadership behaviour on pupils' performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in public schools in Kinangop district, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether headteachers leadership behavior had any influence on pupils performance in Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE)in public primary schools in Kinangop district. The objectives of the study were :-to determine if leadership behavior of headteachers in Kinangop district is influenced by age and education level.

The research design used was expost-facto.The target population was 75 headteachers and 750 teachers in public primary schools in Kinangop district. Simple random sampling was used to get 13 schools, the 13 headteachers and 150 class teachers. Two categories of questionnaires one for headteachers and another for classteachers were used.To determine the reliability and clarity of the questionnaire a pilot study - was carried in one pilot school.

Test retest techniques were used to determine reliability during the pilot study. The pearsons moment correlation formula was used to correlate the scores from both test period to obtain correlation co-efficient of 0.81.descriptive statistics was used to analyze data to give percentages, frequencies and means .Data presented helped to explain relationship between variables of the study. Qualitative data analysis was carried on qualitative data from open ended question.