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Factors that impact on use of education management information systems: a case study of Thika West district Kiambu county Kenya

01 Jan 2014-
About: The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 6 citations till now.
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01 Nov 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the literature in the field of LITERATURE this article and provide a discussion of the main issues of the study and justification of their work.
Abstract: .............................................................................................................................. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ vi LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Problem Statement ................................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Objectives of the Study ......................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Justification of the Study ...................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study........................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................ 8 2.

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  • ...Computers are a basic requirement for EMIS (Mugo, 2014; Gupta1 et al., 2010)....

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  • ...During the students’ lifetime in schools, the data that should be kept include the students’ enrolment, students’ performance per grade per year, career prospects, repetitions, transfers, dropouts, discipline records, students meetings and subject combinations (Mugo, 2014; UNESCO, 2010)....

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  • ...An effective EMIS aims at establishing infrastructure and systems that support data collection, processing and dissemination for purpose of planning and management (Mugo, 2014)....

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  • ...Data can both be analyzed and stored manually (using physical files) or using a computer (Mugo, 2014)....

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  • ...The findings of the study are similar to those of a study that established that 82 percent of schools had access to internet for more than 40 hours in a month whereas 18 percent had less than 20 hours of access to the internet per month (Mugo, 2014)....

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Dissertation
02 Oct 2017

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  • ...Mugo (2014) carried out a study to examine the factors that impact on data management using Management Information Systems by education administrators in public secondary schools in Thika West district, Kiambu County....

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30 Oct 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that most of the public secondary schools in Kajiado County had not embraced ICT in various areas of administration and recommended that proper technology should be put in place by purchasing of the required ICT facilities in schools to enhance management of schools using the current technology.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to find out how school administrators implement ICT in human resource administration in public secondary schools in Kajiado County, Kenya. Descriptive survey design was therefore suitable for this study. The design was useful in describing the characteristics of a large population and made used large samples in making the results statistically significant. The target population for this study was the 61 public secondary schools’ principals, 1220 teachers, 610 students, 25 ICT teachers, 6 Sub-county Directors of Education in the 6 Sub-counties and 1 County Director of Education in Kajiado County. The study used 30% of the accessible population as sample size. The sample size for this study was therefore 18 principals, 366 teachers, 8 ICT teachers,183 students, 2 Subcounty Directors of Education and 1 County Director of Education. This study used questionnaires, Observation schedules and interview schedule as tools for data collection. The overall implication of the findings in this study was that use and implementation of ICT in all the departments of school administration of the public schools in Kajiado County was very low. The study concluded that most of the public secondary schools in Kajiado County had not embraced ICT in various areas of administration. Based on the findings, the study recommends that proper technology should be put in place by purchasing of the required ICT facilities in schools to enhance management of schools using the current technology.

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  • ...Mugo [21] carried out a study to examine the factors that impact on data management using Management Information Systems by education administrators in public secondary schools in Thika West district, Kiambu County....

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01 Nov 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the extent to which Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been integrated in the management of public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya has been investigated using a descriptive survey research design and mixed method approach.
Abstract: The study sought to determine the extent to which Information and Communication Technology has been integrated in the management of public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. A descriptive survey research design and mixed method approach were used in this study. The study was carried out in 58 public secondary schools in Kitui County that have functional ICT infrastructure. This study used sample size table as proposed by Krejcie and Morgan (1970) and Peter (2005) whereby 58 principals, 58 senior teachers and 266 assistant teachers from schools that have functional ICT infrastructure were selected. All 16 Sub-county Directors of Education and one County Director of Education were selected for the study. The researcher used questionnaires to collect data from principals, senior teachers and assistant teachers while interview schedule was used to collect data from Sub-county Directors of Education in Kitui County. The collected data was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis approaches. The study established that (78%,60% and59%) of the principals, senior teachers and assistant teachers respectively only use ICT in school management less frequently. Among those who use ICT, majority (70%) of the principals used ICT for internal exams to a great extent. On internet use the study established that; majority (58%) of principals and 64% of senior teachers used internet less frequently. It was also noted that (18% and 16%) of the principals and senior teachers respectively had never used internet. Majority (90% and 76%) of the principals and the senior teachers respectively indicate that computer use can be improved through training more staff in ICT. The County Director and the Sub-County Directors of Education in their interviews reported that most of the principals relied on their secretaries for computer related communication and some were reported not to have active emails. However the interviews indicated that some principals were indeed using ICT in management of schools and especially in communication with teachers, parents and suppliers. The study recommended that Firstly, the government should introduce compulsory computer training for all principals and teachers. This would equip all the principals with ICT skills. All schools should have internet connectivity to enable principals and teachers to use ICT in the schools. This would help in communication as well as academic research.

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  • ...Mugo (2014) carried out a study to examine the factors that impact on data management using Management Information Systems by education administrators in public secondary schools in Thika West district, Kiambu County....

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