Impact of Strategic Plan Implementation on School Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru Sub- County, Nakuru County, Kenya

Abstract

In 2008, the Ministry of Education rolled out a five years' strategic plan 2008-2012 with the aim of providing Kenyans with globally competitive quality education and training for sustainable development. Every district was then mandated to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate its internal strategic plan. The purpose of this study therefore was to evaluate the impact of implementation of strategic plan on school effectiveness in public secondary schools in Nakuru Sub- County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The target population was all the 25 public secondary schools, 25 head teachers and 606 teachers. A sample of 15 schools and 171 teachers were selected using simple random sampling and 15 head teacher were purposively selected. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The study revealed that the implementation of strategic plan has achieved school effectiveness in areas of quality syllabus coverage, providing on-going remedial classes for weak students, teachers focusing on the masterly of skills, punctuality in and out of the class and finally the schools setting high and clear expectation for both teachers and students. The study also revealed that principals had demonstrated effective leadership by setting high and clear expectation for both teachers and students, motivated students and staff, and finally by holding constant dialogue with students.