The Educator, (l)1 Eldoret, Moi University Press. (2006), The Challenges of Education in Kenya in the 21st Century. Research at the crossroads, Pretoria: Van Schaik. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. University of Nebraska-Lincoln: SAGE Publications, Inc. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches (3rd ed). Upper Saddle Creek, NJ: Pearson Education. Educational research: Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (3rd ed). Egerton University: Pengolin Publishers Ltd. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(5), 125-130. Determinants of secondary school learners performance in Christian Religious Education in Lelan Sub County, Kenya. The influence of school type and location on resource availability and pupils learning outcome in primary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Page(s): 01-07 Date of Publication: 20 August 2020 The study makes recommendation that, there is need to improve effectiveness and efficiency of school management, effectively utilize monetary resource, appropriately allocate resources and practice prudence in financial management.
This study found out that, there was a significant difference in academic performance between Boarding and Day secondary schools (t(121) = 9.990, p = 0.000) The findings of this study will generate ideas for better and more resourceful cost management in secondary schools, which is useful for policy makers and managers in education sector. It was found out that, academic performance for the period (2012-2015), recorded an average mean of 7.1184 and 4.7391 for Boarding and Day secondary schools respectively. Data was analyzed using frequency, means, range, percentages and t-test. A pilot study was used in determining the reliability while validity of the research tool was achieved through a carefully and critically examination of the instruments by experienced team of supervisors. Questionnaire and document analysis were the main instrument of data collection. The sample size was determined by use of the published table by Krejcie and Morgan. It employed stratified random sampling so as to achieve representation from the school types. This study targeted all the principals in 186 public secondary schools in the Nandi County. This study employed a cross-sectional survey as a research strategy. This study was guided by Cost Function derived from the Education Production Function theory. This study compares academic performance of learners in Day Secondary Schools and those in Boarding Secondary Schools in Nandi County, Kenya.
Day schools have been associated to low performance at the national examinations. Given the rising cost of education, there has been a growing consensus of establishing Day Secondary School to provide school places for the increasing number of learners joining secondary level of education.