Influence of stakeholders’ practices on security management outcomes in public secondary schools in Mandera county, Kenya
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2022-07
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Mount Kenya University
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There is concern on the rising incidents of misfortunes in institutions in this country
making it necessary to explore the protection preparedness. The purpose of the
investigation was to scrutinize the influence of stakeholders’ practices on security
management outcomes in public secondary schools in Mandera County. The objectives
of the study were; to determine the influence of risk assessment on school security
management outcomes, to examine the influence of stakeholders’ contribution on
security management outcomes, to find out the influence of security plan preparation on
security management outcomes, to assess the influence of security plan implementation
on security management outcomes and to establish the influence of security evaluation
on security management outcomes. Theories that guided the study were the Stakeholders’
and the Securitization. The investigator implemented mixed methodology tactic and the
concurrent triangulation strategy. The targeted population was 17,756 which included 57
principals, 18 Sub County Education Officers, 57 BoM chairs, 324 instructors and 17,300
learners. The sample size was 738 which consisted of 36 principals, 6 Sub County
Education Officers, 36 BoM chairpersons, 120 Teachers and 540 Students. Utilizing
stratified sampling, 6 schools were sampled from each Sub-County consisting of day
mixed schools and 3 boarding schools. Teachers, students, principals and BoM
chairpersons were randomly sampled while the education officers were purposively
sampled. Surveys were used for instructors and learners while interviews were used for
principals, education officers and BoM chairs and there was observation check list on
security management outcomes. The research instruments were piloted in 2 schools in
Wajir County. From each of the pilot schools 10 teachers and 27 students were sampled
being ten percent of the sample. The investigator requested specialists to dissect tools for
validity. Regarding reliability, test-retest technique was embraced. Cronbach’s
Coefficient Alpha was embraced to ascertain the reliability. Alpha level of 0.700 was
reached and the apparatus were concluded unswerving. Concurrent triangulation was
utilized to guarantee credibility. Detailed interviews were employed to test dependability
of non-numerical tools. Numerical facts were scrutinized in descriptive and inferential
statistics using tables, occurrences, percentages and Chi-square. Non-numerical facts
were analysed by thematic scrutiny in narrating format. Inferential statistics used SPSS
Version 24 as Chi-square was steered to infer the degree to which the variables related
to each other. Qualitative data analyzing utilized verbatim citations. The investigation
established that efforts were made on risk assessment but the government had to put more
efforts. Stakeholders were doing a good job but more sensitization was needed. There
was plan preparation but poor fire drills frequencies. Implementation was fairly done but
more inspections were necessary. Evaluation was done although more firefighting
equipment lacked. The study recommended more efforts to be done on the objectives of
the study.
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