Effects of resource mobilization activities on physical infrastructural development among Public High schools in Molo Sub County, Nakuru County, Kenya

Abstract

In Kenya, government financing for many public high schools is not sufficient to meet all infrastructural development needs of the schools. This leads to high schools relying on other ways and means of mobilizing resources for infrastructural development. This study sought to assess the effects of resource mobilization activities on physical infrastructural development among public high schools in Molo Sub County, Nakuru County. The specific objectives for the study were: to evaluate the effects of income generating activities on physical infrastructural development among public high schools; to determine the effect of fundraising activities on physical infrastructural development among public high schools, and assess the effect of partnerships on physical infrastructural development among public high schools. This study was anchored upon the resource mobilization theory and supported by the school improvement theory of action and public private partnership model which reinforces high school development. A descriptive survey design was utilized so as to describe the effect the study variables have on each other. The target population for the study was all the thirty three public high schools found in Molo Sub County, Nakuru County. The small number of schools justified the use of a census method. The study targeted thirty three school principals, thirty three PTA chairpersons, and two key informants which meant that sixty eight respondents participated in the study. The research instruments were an interview schedule and structured questionnaire. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically while quantitative data was analyzed through the use of SPSS version 22 which assisted in analyzing descriptive and inferential statistics. The data was presented in form of tables, pie charts, graphs and narratives. The findings of the study showed that income generating activities have a statistically significant relationship with physical infrastructural development among public high schools in Molo Sub County, Nakuru County. The study recommends theneed for guidance on the procedures for resource mobilization activities to be provided so as to give the schools direction on resource mobilization for physical infrastructural development. Additionally, this study recommends that a comparative study should be conducted on the effects of resource mobilization activities on high school physical infrastructural development in public and private high schools in Kenya.