Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-2 | Issue-12 | 1168-1174
Review Article
Role of Community on the Provision of Teaching and Learning Resource in Public Primary Schools in Nandi North Sub-County Nandi County, Kenya
Hillary Kipsang Rutto, Yambo M. John
Published : Dec. 30, 2017
Abstract
The purpose of this to determine the role of community on provision of
teaching and learning resources in public primary schools in Nandi North subcounty. The study was informed by Epstein theory [34]. It employed descriptive
survey design. The study targeted 104 public primary schools. It then took 30% of
the target population to get 31 head teachers, 31 school chairpersons and 354
teachers. It used simple random sampling to select individual respondents.
Cronbach alpha was used to test the reliability of the instruments which was found
to be 0.72. Content validity of the instrument was determined by discussing the
items in the instrument with the supervisors. Data was coded and analyzed with the
aid of Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) using descriptive statistics to
help generate percentages, frequencies. The study found out that the community
has not provided other relevant instructional materials adequately. The findings
from teachers showed that the community has contributed 55.9 percent of leaning
books to their schools. Moreover, 118(33.3%) teachers said yes when asked
whether the community has provided other relevant items that can be utilized as
instructional materials while 236(66.7%) said no. The study recommended that all
stakeholders in the community be sensitized to participate in the provision of
teaching and learning resources in schools. The researcher payed keen attention to
research ethical issues and got the informed consent of the respondents and
guarded against plagiarism and ensured confidentiality.