Influence of cash transfer programmes for orphans and vulnerable children in public primary Schools in Kwale county, Kenya.

Abstract

Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and the right to a standard of living adequate for the child‟s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development. In this way, the Convention recognizes that children have a wide range of needs – including, love, safety, nutrition and play – that are fundamental in and for them. The inattention to any of these needs puts a child at a disadvantage, limiting his or her opportunity to grow physically, cognitively, socially and emotionally. It is in this regard that the Kenyan government officially adopted the OVC-CT programme in 2007 with the aims of meeting the MDGs and other basic needs of the poor child. Closely related to this, the researcher has decided to look at education and how the CT-OVC in Kenya has influenced the education of the Orphan and Vulnerable Child in the community. Therefore the research has looked at the impact of CT for OVC programmes implementation in public primary schools in Kwale County. It has concentrated on four major objectives that include: To determine the extent to which the implementation of cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children influences the enrolment in public primary schools in Kwale County, To examine the extent to which the implementation of cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children influences the development of public primary schools in Kwale County, and, To examine the extent to which the implementation of cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children influences the stakeholders‟ participation in public primary schools in Kwale County. Moderating variables have also been put into consideration. Comprehensive literature review has been done to gather information on the impact of OVC CT programmes in public primary schools from the previous researchers, followed with structured questionnaire distribution and interview as tools to collect data. Random sampling technique and stratified was selected as the appropriate sampling methods giving equal chances to the population. Data has been coded and analyzed using the SPSS 20.0 and Chi-Square was used to test hypothesis.