IMPLICATIONS OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ON QUALITY EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore implications of co-curricular activitieson qualityeducation in public secondary schools in Kisii County, Kenya. The objective of the study wasto establish the impact of co-curricular activitieson quality education. This study employedthe Production Function Theory and adopted sequential explanatory design.Population ofstudy consisted of 9 education officers, 334 principals and 334 senior teachers. Stratifiedsampling technique was used to select 181 principals and 181 senior teachers whilesaturated sampling was used to select nine education officers. Krescie and Morgan’s formulawas used to obtain the sample size.Instruments for data collection were two questionnaires,an interview schedule and a document analysis guide. Reliability was done by piloting in 34schools through the split-half method. The reliability index for the instruments was 0.826.The validity was done by expert judgment and by making them simple. The quantitative datawas analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The qualitative data was analyzedusing thematic analysis. It was concluded that CCA facilities are inadequate, have notattained perfect utilization because of low emphasis, inadequate monitoring and supervisionby teachers. This study will help all education stakeholders make decisions regardingimplemention of policies that ensure provision of CCA forquality education. The researcherrecommends that the Ministry of Education and schools revisit their policies related to theprovision of CCA forquality education and work towards their implementation