• Peter Otieno Odhiambo
• Dr. Benard Mwebi
• Dr.Jack Ajowi

In Kenya, provision of quality teaching and learning in secondary schools faces major challenges which include inadequate funding, management and supervision of teaching and learning process. This has been echoed in various policy papers including; Sessional paper no.14 of 2012 on Educational reforms and training, Sessional paper no.1 of 2019 policy framework for Education, training and Research for sustainable development, National Education Sector Strategic Plan (2018-2022). Secondary school managers are chosen among the practicing teachers on the basis of their experience and their job group. They are not given special training apart from the induction services they attend organized by the KEMI and other professional bodies. With principals appointed by TSC in Siaya County, the performance of secondary school in KCSE has been on downward trend in the past five years. Therefore, there was need to undertake the study to investigate the influence of managerial competencies on performance measurement in public secondary schools in Kenya. The objective of the study was to determine the performance measurements applied in secondary schools in Siaya County. The study adopted concurrent triangulation within the mixed method approach. The study was conducted in Siaya County and the study population consisted of all 243 school principals, 260 deputy school principals and 243 Board of Management Chairmen. A saturated sampling was used to sample all the 243 principals, 260 deputy principals and 243 Board of Management Chairmen for the study. Questionnaires, interview schedule and documentary analysis were employed to collect data. Validity was addressed with help of candidate’s supervisors. Ten percentage of the study population was set aside for pilot study. Quantitative data was analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics, such as frequencies, percentages and means. Qualitative data from in-depth interviews and documentary analysis was analyzed thematically in line with the research objectives and reported in narrative and direct quotations of respondents. Reliability of the questionnaire was tested using Cronbach’s alpha. The findings for this study revealed that the result dimension both financial and non-financial indicate sub-dimensional in nature were ranked highly 37 performance indicators had a mean between 0.978 and 0.448.This showed that school managers in this study demonstrated use of wide range of performance indicators. All the indicators meet the alpha. Both result and determinant indicators were run on the financial indicator. 97.16% of school had showed bias for monitors of revenue and cost reduction was ranked at 41% on the determinant indicative enrolment was ranked highly by 81.17 followed by admission which was ranked at 76.68%. The study recommended there is need for the performance models applied to be broad validated universally acceptable and prioritized in consultation with all education stakeholders.

School, Management, Teachers, Performance, Measurement

"INFLUENCE OF MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES ON PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.a122-a139, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402016.pdf

"INFLUENCE OF MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES ON PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppa122-a139, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402016.pdf