INFLUENCE OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE APPRAISAL PRACTICES ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA

Flavian Malicho Kitolome, Dr. Stephen O. Andai

Abstract


Teacher performance appraisal in Kenyan schools is meant to provide quality education, improve students’ academic achievements, improve teacher performance competencies, professional development as well as a basis upon which teachers are evaluated and decisions made. Yet since its inception there is little evidence to its effectiveness. The current study, therefore, assessed the influence of teachers professional knowledge appraisal practices on students’ academic achievement. The study was guided by the job characteristics theory. The study employed a descriptive survey research design with a target population of 195 science and mathematics teachers, 12 Deputy Principals and 12 Principals. The census sampling method was used to determine the sample size hence all the whole targeted population became the sample size. Four research instruments namely, the Deputy Principal Appraisal Questionnaire (PAQ), Teacher Appraisal Questionnaire (TAQ), Principals structured interview Schedule and document analysis were employed to solicit data for the study. Measures of central tendency and correlation analysis, with the help of a computer programme, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), were used to analyze data. The study established that there is a weak positive correlation (r. = 0.705 and p. = 0.007) between teachers’ professional Knowledge appraisal practices on student academic achievement in County Secondary Schools in Taita Taveta. This implies that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should work towards strengthening the teachers’ professional Knowledge appraisal practices in order to realize better student academic achievement in County Secondary Schools. There is need for TSC, the Ministry of Basic Education and Principals to re-examine the system to in the mentioned variables in order to yield and be commensurate with student academic achievements in science and mathematics subjects.

Keywords: Professional Knowledge Appraisal, Students’ Academic Achievement in County Secondary Schools, Taveta County


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