Abstract
The role of parents was seen as the missing link in provision of infrastructural facilities leading to achievement of desirable performance as the government fulfilled her mandate of providing free education through the Free Day Secondary Education funds. Descriptive survey design was used. The study population included 20 principals, 184 teachers, 776 parents and 776 students. The respondents who were sampled through purposive, incidental and random sampling method included principals, parents, teachers’ and form four students. The study shows there was a significant relationship between Provision of Infrastructural Facilities and students’ performance (R = .594; p < .001). The results of the regression indicated that parents’ participation in provision of Infrastructural Facilities explained 35.2% of the variance in students’ performance (R2 =.352, F (1, 239) = 130.105, p < .001). It was found that parents’ participation in provision of Infrastructural Facilities significantly predicted performance of MFIs (B = .376; p < .001). By replacing the significant coefficients into the equation connecting parents’ participation in provision of Infrastructural Facilities with students’ performance, the equation becomes Y=24,768+ 0.376X2 +:έ. Library, toilets and laboratory in day secondary schools were found to be inadequate hence affecting their performance. The study recommends that parents should be involved in infrastructure development secondary schools as this could influence academic achievement.
Highlights
Introduction and BackgroundGovernments all over the world are spending large amounts of money in improving the infrastructure in schools
The role of parents was seen as the missing link in provision of infrastructural facilities leading to achievement of desirable performance as the government fulfilled her mandate of providing free education through the Free Day Secondary Education funds
This shows that 55.6% of the principals cumulatively agreed that parents participate in provision of infrastructural facilities in the school
Summary
Governments all over the world are spending large amounts of money in improving the infrastructure in schools. In Gem Sub County, most parents of day schools do not contribute adequately to physical development. Standard and Quality Assessment Report Gem Sub County (2015). This role has been left to National Government Constituency Development Fund (N.G.C.D.F.). The parents are so dependent on external sources of funds that make it difficult to develop the necessary infrastructure in day schools that can spur any meaningful academic performance. In boarding schools in the Sub County, parents seem to have a different attitude towards provision of physical facilities. The infrastructural facilities are more improved compared to those of day schools
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