Influence of student councils’ involvement in management in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub County,Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of student councils’ involvement in management roles in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub County. It was guided by the following objectives: To determine the extent to which students’ involvement in formulation of school rules and regulations influence management in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub-county; to establish the extent to which students’ assistance in school time keeping influence management in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub-county; to establish the extent to which students’ assistance in maintenance of hygiene and sanitation influence management in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub-county and to establish how students’ assistance in planning of co-curricular activities influence management in public primary schools in Kangundo Sub-county. The sample of the study was selected by use of simple random sampling. To test for validity and reliability the researcher used test-retest method which involves administering the same instrument twice to the same group of respondents at two separate times in two weeks interval between the first and the second test. Data collected was mainly quantitative in nature and was appropriately analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that students’ involvement in different school activities like formulation of school rules and regulations, school time keeping issues, maintenance of hygiene and sanitation and planning co-curricular activities lead to high performance and easy management. The study concludes that student council should be involved in school management especially in formulation of school rules and regulations, school time keeping issues, maintenance of hygiene and sanitation and planning co-curricular activities. The study recommends that the ministry of education should come up with policies to ensure effective engagement of student’s council involvement school managements. The study also recommends that, TTCs should introduce programmes that aim at educating fresh graduates at the importance of student’s council involvement in primary school management. The study further recommends that there is need for Kenya Education Management Institute to induce programmes that will enhance teachers understanding in school management affairs in regard to student’s involvement.