Publication: Influence of child-friendly schools on pupils participation in primary education in Kithyoko zone, Masinga sub-county, Machakos
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2015-08
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Mount Kenya University
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The main objectives of the study were to establish the influence of CFS programmes on pupils.
Participation in primary education in Kithyoko zone, Masinga sub-county, Machakos County.
The specific objectives were to establish the extent to which water, sanitation and hygiene
services influence pupils’ participation in primary education, determine how entertainment
facilities and activities influence pupils’ participation in primary education and examine the
extent to which health services at school influence the pupils’ participation in primary education
in public primary schools in Kithyoko zone, Masinga sub-county, Machakos county. The study
adopted a descriptive survey design. The study targeted all the ten public primary schools
serving Kithyoko zone All the head teacher, fifty teachers, eight hundred and twenty four pupils,
and one key informant from the city education department. The date was collected by use of
questionnaires, interviews schedule and focus group discussions. Descriptive and analytical
statistics were used to analyze the data obtained. The data collected from the field was coded
and entered in the computer for analysis using the statistical package for social sciences
(CPSS). Qualitative and quantitative data were analysed thematically and using descriptive
statistics including frequency counts and percentages. The data was presented in summary form
using frequency distribution tables. The study recommends that the government facilitate for the
disposal of the used towels, e.g. by sinking pit latrines, to avoid the problem of disposal which
might impede participation. Since hygiene lessons and practices have very high potential of
curbing contamination which can impede participation then they be strengthen to curb it up to
their homes. Because many playing areas for the schools have been grabbed or occupied with
other activities the government facilitate the recovery of the same. The educational
administrators to strengthen the school feeding programmes to see that schools provide more
than one meal. Special meals be provided in the school in Kithyoko zone for the ECD pupils and
the ailing pupils who suffer from H.I.V & Aids and other diseases. The education
authorities in Machakos facilitate for a frequent visit of the schools by health attendants to do
checkups, treat pupils and to curb the spread of the various disease which can hamper
participation.