Monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement and implementation of service-learning projects within public secondary schools, Homabay County, Kenya

Abstract

Service learning, an innovative learning technique that guarantees all learners are prepared for the labor market, has been trialed. Such a project needs continuous process monitoring and assessment, which has not occurred. The research has not only revealed the amount of transformation, the rates, the outcomes, and the problems faced by such a program. This study was taken purposefully to look at the influence of monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder involvement, and the implementation of service-learning pilot projects in public secondary schools in Homa Bay, Kenya. The guiding objectives was to investigate the influence of context, input, process and product monitoring on implementation of service-learning pilot projects; to determine the extent to which stakeholder participation moderates the link between monitoring and evaluation and the execution of service-learning pilot projects. The study employed an Ex post facto design, targeted a population of 17, 113, including: Board of managers, PTA, teachers, school administrators and learners within the secondary schools. Through the use of the CIPP model, a stratified random sampling technique with a sample size of 376 of the total population was reached. Semi-structured questionnaires and KII were used to collect primary data. The descriptive statistics and thematic analyses were done and the findings showed that the CIIP Model was found to influence implementation of service learning pilot projects. Where the context (ρ = 0. 266 < 1); Input monitoring (ρ = 1.196 > 1), while process and product evaluation were (ρ= 0.295 < 1) and (ρ= 9.621 > 1). Stakeholders engagement contributed immensely towards implementation, (p 0.00<0.05). In conclusion, CIPP model is application in monitoring and evaluation during project implementation. This study recommends integration of CIIP model in the project implementation.