Influence of Resources on Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Manga Sub-County, Nyamira County, Kenya

doi:10.7176/jep/13-4-04

Abstract

The study aimed at establishing the influence of physical resources, instructional resources, human resources on academic performance in public primary schools in Manga sub-county. The study employed a descriptive survey research design with a target population of 64 head teachers, 64 deputy head teachers and 475 assistant teachers and 1 DQASO. The study will help education stake holders in terms of policy formulation concerning adequacy of resources versus academic performance in public primary schools. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-4-04 Publication date: February 28 th 2022

Highlights

Teachers are educational inputs, and they are necessary for quality learning outcomes (Osei -Kofi 2005)
Manga sub-county has recorded the lowest admission to National Schools with only 0.02% (Ministry of education, Manga sub-county 2017) with the total sub-county average mean of 227.61, recording a continuous fail since 2014
In the year 2014, they recorded an average mean of 241.84, in 2015 an average mean of 238.06, in 2016 it was 239.09 and in 2017 a negative deviation of 11.48. This has seen an outcry from the general public due to tremendous poor performance in public primary schools in Manga subcounty

Summary

Introduction

They are necessary for quality learning outcomes (Osei -Kofi 2005). The study seeks to investigate and provide information on the influence of resources on academic performances in public primary schools in Manga sub-county.

Results

Conclusion