Wastage Rates in kenyan Secondary Schools: A Case of Kathonzweni district, Makueni County (2005 – 2007 Cohorts)

摘要

The central problem to this study is that despite the governments’ increased funding toudeducation and its commitment to use education as the spring board to attain vision 2030, thereudis still wastage in the education system. Wastage rates have not been adequately investigatedudespecially in the newly created districts. The purpose of this study was to determine the 2005,ud2006 and 2007 cohort wastage rates of secondary schools in Kathonzweni District. Theudobjectives of the study were to determine repetition rates and drop-out rates for the 2005 –ud2007 cohorts in secondary schools of Kathonzweni District by gender and also to suggestudpolicy recommendations on drop out and repetition rates to education policy formulators. Theudpresent study is significant in that it may yield empirical data and information on both dropoutud& repetition rates that will guide educational policy formulators to develop strategies toudmitigate educational wastage. The study will also add to a body of knowledge in the area ofudeducational wastage by contributing on wastage rates in Secondary Education. The literatureudreview covered, the concept of internal efficiency, global studies on school drop-out, schooluddrop-out and repetition in Kenya. The study was conducted using a descriptive survey design.udThe sample size was 18 secondary Schools in the District, and since the study involved audcomplete enumeration of all schools in the District, it was a census inquiry. Data wasudcollected from the DEO’s office using a proforma. Quantitative data was analysed using theudstatistical package for social sciences. Findings indicated that cohort wastage rates wereuddecreasing, from a high of 44% in the 2006 cohort to 19% in the 2007 cohort. The studyudrecommended an introduction of affirmative action in the disbursement of free learningudmoney in the ASAL region, involvement of the provincial administration to deal with parentudwho absent their children from school, introduction of lift-hour session to help theudacademically weak students cope with the rest, strengthening of guidance & counselinguddepartments to enhance survival rates and the introduction of boarding facilities so as toudreduce negative external influence to the students.