The assessment of secondary school success is according to the number of students they are producing to join universities and other higher learning institutions. To increase access to all pupils from primary schools to access secondary schools, the government of Kenya upgraded previously extra county schools to national status to ensure regional distribution of schools across the nation. With the upgrade, the government was required to inject funds to enable facilities expansion. Despite the upgrade, the money allocated and disbursed to schools has always been inadequate to meet the needs of students. Therefore, this demands that school management makes plans for financial mobilisation to ensure that school operations are done without interruptions. The paper looks at the financial resource planning strategies that upgraded national schools in western Kenya have in place for the purpose of improving their performance. Data was collected from eight of the upgraded schools making up the study population where principals and teachers were the respondents. A sample of 156 respondents was selected to answer research questions through interviews and questionnaires. Analysis of data was performed using quantitative and qualitative methods. SPSS facilitated quantitative data analysis. The study found out that schools experienced financial shortfall arising from inadequate capitation grants from the government and delay in payment of schools by students. To cushion themselves, schools had made several financial plans like applying for grants for infrastructure development. Further, despite schools having large tracts of land, some school management did not put into use either through growing grass for dairy farming or planting crops for subsidising school food supplies. Computed correlation statistics showed a weak correlation that existed (r=0.191 and p=0.016) between financial planning dynamics and academic performance of upgraded national schools in the western region of Kenya. The paper concludes that financial resource planning strategies had minimal effects on the academic performance of upgraded national secondary schools in Kenya Certificate of Secondary examinations. The paper recommends that there is a need for school administration to work with stakeholders to identify profitable projects that can be implemented in their school to earn income.
The research sought to investigate relationship between technical skills acquired and required on electrical equipment servicing amongelectrical engineering technicians in manufacturing industries in Kenya. Quantitative research techniques were adopted in this study. The study was conducted in Nandi and Uasin-Gishu counties in Kenya, which have 7 TVETA registered and licensed public Technical Training Institutions offering Diploma, Craft Certificate and Artisan electrical engineering courses. The target population was 96 electrical engineering trainers, 15 employees from manufacturing industries and 65 electrical engineering technician trainers. A sample size comprised of 50 electrical engineering trainers, 7 employees from manufacturing industries and 29 electrical engineering technician trainers. Questionnaire were used to collect data. The instrument was pre-tested to ensure its validity by determining the internal consistency of the research instruments. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. There was a positive significant relationship (r=0.408, p= 0.004 2-tailed) between the electrical engineering technician acquired training at TVET institutions and the skills required for electrical equipment servicing at manufacturing industries in Kenya. The Kenyan government through the ministry of education should ensure adequate training is carried out to achieve training relevant for the needs of the industry. KICD in collaboration with CDACC and SSACs should develop a curriculum that addresses the competence requirements and occupational standard needs of the manufacturing industries.
Relationship between Competency Skills of Bus Vehicle Body Builders and Crashworthiness of School Bus in Nairobi County, Kenya 1. Introduction In fact, the first systemic and scientific investigation of this subject was applied between 1879 t to the train axles, and the first was to be applied to railway axles. The crashworthiness is an engineer's term used to define the ability of the structural vehicle to protect its occupants during impact (Jones, 2003). In other words, collision resistance improves the structure's crash efficiency by sacrificing it under influence to prevent accidents for its occupants (Jones 2003). One of the primary variables contributing to worldwide road crash injuries is the growing amount of motor cars. A great deal has been achieved about exposure and development to risk but not sufficient to alleviate the threat. Roof Crush Resistance has created a minimum roof-resistance requirement in the US for "reducing fatalities and accidents owing to crushing roof into occupancy during over-the-counter accidents" (the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 216. This experiment involves pushing a rigid platform at steady velocity on one side of the ceiling. The test was conducted in 1973 and stayed fundamentally unchanged until 2009 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, 2012) when an updated rule was announced. There is an important connection between roof force and injury risk in rollover accidents (Brumbelow, Teoh, Zuby, & McCartt, 2009). In recent years studies on crash resilience and vehicle security have attracted attention with an emphasis on passenger vehicle security inquiry (Prochowski et al. 2011, al-Thairy and Wang 2014). However, the amount of road fatalities in 88 nations has decreased to 1.24 million annually-but the complete amount of road fatalities continues unacceptable elevated. The worldwide general fatality rate for highway traffic is 18 per 100,000 people. The largest annual death tolls in middle-income nations are 20.1 per 100 000, with the lower to 8.7 per 100 000 for high-income countries (World Health Organization, 2013). Bus transit is considered the safest way of transportation for medium and long distances. Nonetheless, with car numbers, the number of bus accidents and victims has risen. The most hazardous bus crash scenarios are known as rolling crashes (Matloscy, 2007). Even as a rare case, only 4-5% of all bus crashes are reversed, almost 50% of all severe and fatal injuries are caused (Gepner, 2014; Martinez et al., 2013). It is not easy to access statistical data on cutting bus accidents. Road safety, killed more than 1,2 million people every year (WHO 2004), is a significant issue globally. While only 0,4% of the overall amount of crashes with college busses (SB) have happened in Alberta during the last century. With
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