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BackgroundThe influence of parenting represents one important factor that can influence the future drinking behavior of children.Influences of inappropriate parenting can result in generating deviant behavior, such as alcohol consumption (Mulvihill et al., 2005).Family conflicts, marital instability or lack of discipline are factors that influence the future behavior of the child (Kask, Markina and Podana, 2013).Child development and family studies have revealed the fact that the nature of...

The vehicle structure, designs and materials on school bus body crashworthiness as regulated by different government agencies in bus body building firms was the topic under research study. In Kenya, thousands of vehicles are involved in vehicle collisions or crashes every year resulting in fatal accidents and severe injuries to the passengers. The specific objective was the influence of vehicle inspection testson crashworthiness of school bus in Nairobi City County. This study adopted Dym’s,...

Discipline is vital in the success of educational processes. Guidance and Counselling (GC) have been adopted as strategy to manage student discipline the world over including Kenyan schools. Though students form the major clientele of services provided in schools, studies regarding provision of counselling and guidance in relation to management of learners’ behaviour have largely ignored students’ conceptions. This study sought to establish students’ conceptions of the role of GC in managing...

School Managers IntroductionSchools directly or indirectly touch on the life of almost everyone in modern society, whether as a student, parent, teacher, employer or consumer of goods and services produced by school leavers.All over the world, schools are basically established to provide the quality of education that will ensure national transformation (Sani, 2007).Secondary schools in particular are expected to prepare students for useful living in society and for coping with the demand for...

IntroductionAfrica is a continent that is known for its wide variety of landscape, ranging from the Mangrove Forests, Tropical Rain Forests, Deciduous Forest, Guinea Savannah Grasslands, Sudan Savannah and Sahel Savannah as well as desert vegetation especially in the arid regions of the Sahara.Trees and grasses constitute a very important part of African environment, most especially as over 70% of Africans live in the rural areas that are predominantly agrarian Over the years, the vegetation...

IntroductionTime management is a skill that seems to elude many school administrators.As an administrator, one is responsible for his own time and how those he supervises spend theirs.As a School Administrator one is faced with heavier workload and complex responsibi1itieswith deadlines growing shorter.Insuch a situation it may seem that working overtime is the only way to get everything done.But it does not necessarily have to be that way if the school administrator manages his time...

IntroductionHumanitarian mitigation strategies are supposed to safeguard the well-being of persons with disability in disasters.One critical mitigation strategy to how persons with disability can be mainstreamed into humanitarian programs.On inclusive mitigation strategy, CBM (2018) study argues that the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has inclusion strategies such as awareness-raising with their response teams during floods in Kisumu County.This is after the organization found that people...

The purpose of the study w a s t o investigate the relationship between emerging forms of bullying and depression among students in Bungoma County, Kenya.The Social-Ecological Theory and Psychosocial Theory guided the study.The research population was 29,040 Form Three students.Deputy Principals and Guidance and Counseling teachers from 360 secondary schools were the study respondents.A sample size of 399 students was drawn from boys, girls and co-education schools.Form Three Students were...

Functional Roles of Principals in Enhancing School Guidance and Counseling for Effective Control ofDrug Abuse among Students in Kenya 1. Introduction Drug abuse is a major headache to societies and authorities around the world.No nation has been spared from the devastating problem caused by drug abuse.In Kenya for instance, there is indiscriminate use, abuse and dependency on drugs of various types in secondary schools creating a great concern to everybody.Despite massive efforts at research...

Background: Preparing children for mainstream school occurs in systems that act as an overarching context. The perspectives of stakeholders influence how they prepare children for mainstream education. Aim: The aim of this study was to develop an understanding of the contextual factors that affect school readiness as identified by stakeholders. School readiness was conceptualised as a function of contextual influences and connections between individual and systemic factors enabling the child...

The drive to improve basic education delivery in Nigeria has been given tremendous impetus in recent years. The goal of basic education can only be realised through provision of inclusive, equitable and quality education; several indicators have shown that authorities jettison quality to focus in increasing access. This paper, therefore, reviews the provision and delivery of basic education in Kano state. Specifically, the paper revealed how increasing enrolment in affects the efforts to...

This study investigated the impact of self-efficacy on academic performance among undergraduate students of the Department of Education, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina. Descriptive survey research design served the blueprint for the conduct of the study. A proportionate and stratified sampling techniques were used to obtain a sample of 181 students. An adopted General Self Efficacy scale questionnaire was used to measure level of self-efficacy belief and the cumulative grade point...

Against the backdrop of an increasing demand for efficient, effective and sustainable new infrastructure developments in Africa, this study examines two rapid railway transportation projects to explore alternative ways of organising. The analysis focuses on the Gautrain railway system in South Africa and the Addis Ababa City Light Rail Transit (AA-LRT) system in Ethiopia. Adopting a comparative approach, we investigate how the two capital-intensive project organisations succeeded in...

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Education can be achieved successfully if hunger is controlled. This can be done if SFPs are introduced and implemented in schools. School Feeding Programme was initiated in Kenya in 1979 with provision of milk packets to the pupils and it was fully implemented in 1980 by the government of Kenya with collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP). The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between SFPs and the pupils’ effectiveness in learning in public primary schools in...

Students’ overall performance in country wide national examinations in Kenya has recorded below mean achievement as attested by Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results. The number of students scoring grade D+ and below has consistently remained high compared with those attaining grade C+ and above which is the country’s minimum university entry. Concerns have been raised regarding this trend in students’ achievement. This study examined the performance of the principals’ role...

Every aspect of oil and gas operations poses significant negative impacts on the environment in varying levels, these environmental impacts have economic and public health consequences on the indigenes of the operation locality. Produced water discharge is one of such aspects of the upstream oil and gas operation whose potential for environmental degradation has necessitated both local and international regulations for its governance. This research focuses on the environmental assessment of...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of the agricultural teaching approaches employed in secondary schools on skills development for food security in Kenya.Design/Methodology/Approach: Descriptive survey design was employed targeting 46,340 students and 235 agriculture teachers. The actual sample size constituted 490 students in 20 focus discussion groups and 111 agriculture teachers. Data was collected using an Agriculture Teachers’ Interview Schedule and a Students’ Focus Group Discussion...