INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS’ COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT IN CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION ON DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TAITA SUB-COUNTY, TAITA-TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA

Joseph Basweti Arisa, Dr. Reuben Kenei

Abstract


In previous years, cases of students unrest have gone very high and performance deteriorated in Kenyan secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which students’ council involvement in curriculum implementation influences discipline management in public secondary schools in Taita Sub-County. This study adopted an embedded mixed research design. The study was conducted in Taita sub-county Taita Taveta County which has a total of twenty-one public secondary schools. The target population for the study was 5702 students, 21 principals and 21 Deputy Principals in 21 public secondary schools in Taita Sub-County who made a population of 5744. 574(10%) of the population was sampled for the study. The researcher carried out a pilot study to test the validity of the research instruments. To avoid bias, the schools were categorized into National schools, extra county schools, county schools and sub-county public secondary schools before using stratified sampling to collect the sample respondents from principals, deputy principals and students from the population. The researcher administered questionnaires to students, Deputy Principals and the Principals of the sampled schools. Quantitative data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistical means while content analysis was used for qualitative data. The study found that there is a moderate involvement of students’ council and the rest of the students in appraising teachers. The students’ council rarely takes part in setting academic targets in the schools or setting teaching and exam timetables. The study revealed that involving students’ council in curriculum management has a positive impact in the management of discipline among students at school. The study recommends that the school management should part in the management of curricular activities such as allocating time and resources.

Keywords; Students’ Council Involvement, Curriculum Implementation, Discipline Management


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