| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of poor performance in KCSE in Secondary Schools
in Kitui central, Kitui County. The study sought to determine availability of Teaching /learning resources
in Secondary Schools in Kitui central district, how the learning environment causes poor performance in
KCSE in secondary schools, teacher’s characteristics in Kitui central district. This study adopted
both
descriptive survey design and inferential statistics on a sample of 30 Geography teachers, 30 District
Education Officers, and 30 Students in five Secondary Schools in Kitui central district. Stratified sampling
used to select the sample to be included in the study. Both the questionnaire interview schedule was used
for data collection. The collected data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Studies
done in Kenya showed that access to sustainable performance in the country characterized by inadequate
teaching and learning materials in Secondary schools and Lack of enough teachers and poor remuneration
(MOEST POLICY 2006). The collected data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics
using the statistical package for social scientist (SPSS). The study was expected to increase the efficiency
of delivery services in the Secondary Schools. It was believed that the study would be important in
providing the education policy makers with the relevant basis for prioritizing secondary programmes and
to allocate adequate resources to improve the KCSE performance in secondary schools. The study would
also important in challenging the community to take secondary educational programme seriously and co-
own the programmes in providing the best learning environment for the Students. Finally, there would a
significant relationship between teachers’ characteristics and the quality of academic education meaning
the teacher characteristics affects the academic quality. From the findings of this study the researcher
recommended that there are needs for the ministry of education to allocate funds for funding secondary
schools. The school Principals should improve the learning environment for their schools so as to improve
performance, the DEOs office should organize in-service trainings for secondary teachers so as to improve
their teaching characteristics and parents should be highly involved in the learning activities of their
children so as to improve KCSE performance in Kitui central subcouty. | en_US |
