Subsidized secondary education policy on pass rates in Kenya certificate of secondary education in public secondary schools in Bungoma County, Kenya

Herman, J. Wachiye, Ph.D, Jackline, K.A. Nyerere, PhD and Thaddaeus, O. Rugar, PhD
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Herman, J. Wachiye, Ph.D: Department of Educational Planning and Management, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya
Jackline, K.A. Nyerere, PhD: Department of Education Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Thaddaeus, O. Rugar, PhD: Department of Education Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 4, 166-170

Abstract: Subsidization of the public secondary school education by the government of Kenya in 2008 witnessed a tremendous growth in the student population at this level of education. This scenario led to an over enrollment and a strain on the existing learning facilities and infrastructure in most public secondary schools in Kenya, including those in Bungoma County . Under these circumstances, the question that remained unanswered was ; what was the effect of the subsidized secondary education policy (SSEP) on the student pass rates in the Kenya certificate of secondary education (KCSE) in the public secondary schools in Bungoma County ? The purpose of this study was to analyze the change brought about by the SSEP on the student pass rates in the KCSE in public secondary schools in Bungoma County, Kenya. The findings of this study revealed that, the subsidized secondary education policy significantly improved the student pass rates in KCSE in the public secondary schools in the County, from a mean of 70.53% before the introduction of the subsidy, to a mean of 75.82% after introduction of the subsidy, with a p-value of less than 0.05( p

Date: 2022
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