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

In Kenya, 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. Study objectives were to: Determine the performance measurement applied in secondary schools in Siaya County, Kenya; Analyze the management competencies applied by Siaya county secondary school principals in performing their managerial roles; Establish the extent of Relationships between Managerial Competencies and Performance Measurements applied by Secondary School managers in Siaya County Kenya. The study was anchored on Result Determinant and Managerial Competency Theory. The study adopted concurrent triangulation within the mixed method approach. The study was conducted in Siaya County and the study population consisted of 243 school principals, 260 deputy school principals and 248 Board of Management Chairmen. A saturated sampling was used to sample all the 248 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 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. 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%. They were eventual measure of competitiveness. This was further confirmed by the interview findings of cumulative 92% and 100% of the deputy principals and BOM chairmen interviewed respectively. On concern of management competencies applied by school, only competencies from maximization of output, consolidation and continually and human relation were ranked highly. Director role taking initiative and goal sector indicators were ranked 79.82% and 79.32 respectively. In producer role, personal productivity and motivation indicators was ranked 80.27% demonstrating high level of usage. This was consistent with the interview finding of cumulative 90% and 94% of deputy principals and BOM chairmen interviewed respectively. Both results and determinant indicators were run and adaptive and change had strong positive correlation with competitiveness, financial performance, resource utilization and service quality, flexibility and showed positive collinearity diagnostics. The study, therefore, concluded that secondary school managers demonstrated a wide range of performance indicators which were both financial and non-financial in nature. It was recommended that secondary school managers need to focus more on both result and determinant measures. There was need for paradigm shift to change management, implementation of information system to minimize cost and maximize achievement. A study on management competencies and performance measurements using both generic and technical competencies would expound the present study.

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.a199-a223, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402025.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. ppa199-a223, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402025.pdf