Involvement of Government and Non-Governmental Organisations’ Teamwork in the Advancement of Quality Education in Kisumu West Sub County, Kenya

Abstract

The study aimed at establishing the Involvement of government and non-governmental organisations’ (NGOs) Teamwork in the Advancement of quality education in Kisumu West Sub County, Kenya. Despite the efforts put by non-governmental organizations in promoting quality education in the country, there are several challenges that are encountered by NGOs which hinder their support in promoting quality education. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population was 19 NGO Leaders, 111 Head Teachers, the SCEO, 111 Community Leaders and SCQAO, totaling to 243. The NGO officials, SCEO, SCQAO, and were purposively selected because they were few. A 30 percent simple random sample was used to get33 Head Teachers and 33 Community Leaders. Data was collected through questionnaires and interview schedules. To ensure face and content validity of the research instruments, 2 experts in the department of Educational Administration Planning and Economics of Kisii University were requested to scrutinize the research instruments so as to validate them. Reliability of the instruments was addressed through piloting in 5 schools and reliability coefficients were obtained by subjecting the instruments to a Split-half Technique and Spearman ―Brown Prophesy formula‖. The co-efficient of reliability obtained was 0.721 which indicated that the instruments were reliable. Data was analyzed qualitatively and SPSS programme was used. The findings of the study reveal that the majority (87) 88.6 percent of all respondents said that training on financial matters in the schools was done quarterly. It was recommended that the government to work closely with NGOs to provide quality education. Informed consent of the respondents were ensured and confidentiality adhered to.