Influence of Involvement of Stakeholders on Provision of Infrastructure in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Embakasi East Sub-County, Nairobi County, Kenya
Denis Odhiambo Migele & Ruth Thinguri
School of Education
Mount Kenya University
Email: omigesh@yahoo.com
Abstract: Involvement of stakeholders is crucial in the provision of infrastructure in schools. However, in junior secondary schools in Embakasi East Sub-county, the provision of infrastructure has been a challenge. Thus, this study examined the influence of the involvement of stakeholders on the provision of infrastructure in public secondary schools. The stakeholder involvement theory and the infrastructure implementation theory guided the study. Mixed methodology was adopted, and a concurrent triangulation research design was used. The target population comprised 550 participants, including 23 headteachers, 134 JSS teachers, 391 members of the school BoM, and 2 Sub-county Directors of Education (SCDEs), from which a sample of 232 respondents was determined using Yamane’s Formula. This consisted of a sample of 10 headteachers, 250 JSS teachers, and 2 Sub-county Directors of Education. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically based on the objectives and presented in narrative form. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively using frequencies and percentages. Inferential analysis was also undertaken using Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Analysis with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 25) and was presented using tables. The study found that public junior secondary schools have inadequate infrastructure. There have been shortages of classrooms, laboratories, libraries, furniture, sanitation, and safe spaces. This has been attributed to limited stakeholder involvement in planning, prioritization, or oversight, which can reduce transparency, weaken local ownership, and constrain additional support. Thus, headteachers should often involve stakeholders in key decisions which entail the provision of infrastructure in public junior secondary schools.
