Influence of Board of Management’s Provision of Physical Facilities on Learner Transition to Public Secondary Schools in Banisa Sub-County, Mandera County, Kenya

Hussein Yarrow Abdinur & Pamela Ochieng
School of Education
Mount Kenya University
Email: hyarrow70@gmail.com

Abstract: School Board of Management plays an important role in the provision of physical facilities which enable such schools to admit many learners. However, in public secondary schools in Banisa Sub-county, learner transition to public secondary schools has been low, with transition rates from primary to public secondary schools standing at 55.9%. Thus, this study sought to examine the influence of the Board of Management’s provision of physical facilities on learner transition to public secondary schools. The study applied mixed methodology and adopted a concurrent triangulation research design. Target population comprised 8 principals, 113 teachers, and 136 members of the school BoM, totaling 257 respondents, from which a sample of 156 respondents was determined using Yamane’s Formula. This sample consisted of 6 principals, 110 teachers, and 40 members of the school BoM. Questionnaires were used to collect data from teachers and interviews for principals and members of school BoM. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically based on the objectives and presented in narrative forms. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and inferentially using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 25) and presented using tables. The study found that learner transition to public secondary schools has not reached the 100 % as anticipated, partly due to the school BoMs which have not ensured adequacy of physical facilities. Thus, school managers and the Ministry of Education should ensure that public secondary schools have adequate facilities.