EFFECTS OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION ON FREQUENCY OF ASSESSMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA

Authors

  • Susan Warukira Wanjohi Author
  • Antony. K. Sang Author
  • Frederick Ugwe Ngesa Author

Keywords:

(FPE), access to education

Abstract

The main aim of introducing Free Primary Education (FPE) in Kenya was to improve access to education through enhanced enrolment, retention, transition and completion rates. Abolition of school fees led to a significant improvement in enrolment but a decrease in frequency of assessment and other indicators of quality instruction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of free primary education on frequency of assessment in public primary schools in Nyandarua County, Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The target population was 1675 class teachers while the study sample comprised of 313 class teachers. Data was collected using the class teachers‟ questionnaire.The face and content validity of the instrument was examined by experts from the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Management, Egerton University. The comments of the experts were used to improve the instrument before it was used to collect data. The class teachers‟ questionnaire was piloted for reliability. It was deemed reliable as it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.87. Data was analysed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The t-test was used to determine the difference in frequency of assessment before and after the introduction of free primary education. The findings of the study revealed that the frequency of assessment after the introduction of FPE was higher than that of before the introduction of FPE. The results also revealed that the difference between frequency of assessment between the two epochs was statistically significant at .05 level.  It was thus concluded that FPE positively affects frequency of assessment which in turn enhances quality of instruction. 

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Published

2018-09-26

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EFFECTS OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION ON FREQUENCY OF ASSESSMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA. (2018). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH AND REVIEW (IJARR), 3(9), 01-06. https://ijarr.org/index.php/ijarr/article/view/513

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