Abstract
<p>The unrests witnessed in 2018 reminded Kenyans of past bloody episodes, which, though rare, caused pain, loss and destruction. Several parents are likely to still be struggling to come to terms with the loss and destruction of those events. Unfortunately, despite several studies that have tried to investigate and recommend solutions for these menaces, this is still freshly being experienced in the country. This scenario informed the study with the purpose of investigating the role of school politics in management of unrests in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was guided by conflict theory and theory of symbolic interactionism, and a descriptive survey design with a target population of the 57 public secondary schools in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. The sample consisted of 194 headteachers, heads of departments and Board of Management members. Stratified random sampling was used to select respondents. The study used a questionnaire and interviews to collect data. The study found that school politics including teachers’ incitement has a significant role in management of unrests in public secondary schools in Taita Taveta County.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0778/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
Highlights
The rising number of unruly students in secondary schools might be an indicator of how ineffective the current disciplinary management methods have impacted them. Reflecting on these and by large extent to entire country, this study investigated the role of school politics in management of public secondary school unrests in Taita Taveta County, Kenya
4.1 Influence of Politics on School Unrests The Principals and the Heads of departments were asked through the questionnaires to whether they experienced any political manifestations in the schools
Majority of the principals (16) felt that students following the flow of national politics was a major concern about school unrests
Summary
The gunmen committed suicide after killing about twelve fellow students and one teacher. Another fifteen-year-old teenager shot and injured six fellow students just one month after the horrifying incident. Another student at Oklahoma, a middle level school took with him a gun to the institution and ended up wounding five fellow students (Maphosa and Mammen, 2011). Buabom Community Secondary School principal was beaten up by rioting students. In another incident, Akpor Grammar School students held the school staff including the principal hostage
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