Some Factors Affecting School Administration Under Free Primary Education In Kariobangi Location, Embakasi Division, Nairobi East District Of Kenya

ABSTRACT

The research was concerned with some factors affecting School Administration under

Free Primary Education in Kariobangi Location in Embakasi Division, Nairobi East

District. The study identified the factors, their impacts and the measures of solving them.

Using a cross-sectional survey research design, the samples employed in the study were

got from the F.P.E Schools. The researcher made use of the questionnaire technique with

the aid of focus group discussions to collect data. The data was categorized through the

use of descriptive statistics with the aid of frequencies, percentages and central

tendencies.

The major findings of the study were leading and managing change as a stressing factor

to school administrators, delegation of responsibilities, lack of accountability of funds,

administrative and social relationships.

Recommendations included; the need for school administrators to be trained and

equipped with management skills to be able to handle and address specific challenges, a need on the part of education colleges to train future school administrators on how they can overcome day to day administrative challenges and above all, the need on the pait of government to lobby for more financial suppmt from both internal and external sources to supplement their financial base and allocations to the education ministty.