Ways through Which Principals Acquire the Leadership Competencies Required for Effective Management of Secondary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya

Autor/in	Githiari, Florence W.
Titel	Ways through Which Principals Acquire the Leadership Competencies Required for Effective Management of Secondary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 8 (2017) 9, S.43-48 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Principals; Leadership; Secondary Schools; School Administration; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Public Schools; Department Heads; Secondary School Teachers; Student Leadership; Secondary School Students; Trustees; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Interviews; Administrator Education; Inservice Education; On the Job Training; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Führung; Führungsposition; Sekundarschule; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Studentenwerk; Sekundarschüler; Treuhandanstalt; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung; Training-on-the-Job; Kenia
Abstract	The last two decades have seen principals in Kenya come under heavy criticism over some serious cases of mismanagement that resulted in some of the worst institutional accidents, disasters/tragedies, unrests and even social and economic crimes that Kenya has witnessed. This study sought to find out ways that principals acquire the leadership competencies required for effective management of secondary schools in Nairobi County. It adopted both qualitative and quantitative methods. The target population was all the principals/deputy principals, heads of departments, teachers, students' leaders and members of the Boards of Management of all public secondary schools in Nairobi County. A sample of 30 schools and their 30 principals/deputy principals, 60 heads of departments, 120 teachers, 180 student leaders and 20 members of the Boards of Management participated in the study. Stratified random technique was used to select the schools, the teachers and the heads of departments to participate in the study. All principals/deputy principals, senior student leaders and their student leaders and heads of Board of Management of the selected schools automatically participated in the study while the other student leaders and other members of Board of Management were selected through random sampling procedure. Data was collected using questionnaires, focus group discussion and interview guide. The quantitative data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 11.5. The findings of the study established that, leadership competencies were acquired through pre-service, in-service and on-the-job training. In pre-service training, the principals who had a bachelor's degree had been exposed to a one unit course in education administration in the universities. The unit was also offered as an area of specialization at masters level in public and private universities for those principals who had masters degrees. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01