RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROVISION OF SELECTED RESOURCES AND EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL ROLES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NANDI EAST SUB- COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

Provision of teaching resources in educational institutions is central to achievement of the goals of education. It could facilitate effective performance of teachers’ instructional roles. This study sought to investigate relationship between provision of selected resources and effective performance of instructional roles in secondary schools in Nandi East Sub-County, Kenya. Numerous complaints by various education stakeholders on performance of instructional roles by teachers as shown in the background of this study were reported. These complains indicated that teachers had not been effective in performing roles related to class room instruction, students’ evaluation and academic advising in Nandi East Sub-County. The problem of the ineffective performance of instructional roles by teachers in Nandi East Sub-County was investigated. Significance of this study was that recommendations could aid in improvement of performance of instructional roles. Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management and System theory guided the study. Correlational research design was adopted. Data collection tool was teachers’ and deputy principal’s questionnaire. The data collection instruments were validated. Reliability of the instruments was tested using test re-test method returning correlation coefficient of 0.711. The target population was secondary school teachers and deputy principals. The accessible population was the 192 teachers in the 30 secondary schools and 30 deputy principal’s. Proportionate sampling was used to categorize teacher respondents into female and male, teachers in boarding and day schools. Simple random sampling was used to get actual teacher respondents. The teacher sample size was 127 teachers determined using Krejcie and Morgan table of Sample size and all the 30 deputy principals were a surveyed in the study to facilitate data triangulation. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 24. Descriptive and inferential statistics were presented in tables. Inferential statistics were used to determine significant differences at 95 per cent confidence level. The study established that: there was a positive and a statistically significant relationship between provision of classroom teaching resources and effective performance of classroom instructional roles by teachers in Nandi East Sub- County, Kenya; that there was a positive and a statistically significant relationship between provision of learning resources and effective performance of classroom instructional roles by teachers in Nandi East Sub- County, Kenya; that there was a positive and a statistically significant relationship between provision of students’ evaluation resources and effective performance of students evaluation roles by teachers in Nandi East Sub- County, Kenya and that there was a positive and a statistically significant relationship between provision of academic advising resources and effective performance of academic advising roles by teachers in Nandi East Sub- County, Kenya. The study recommended that teachers be provided with necessary, relevant and adequate teaching resources for their use in performance of instructional roles