Influence of Capacity Building of Heads of Department on Implementation of Curriculum in Public Schools in Kericho County, Kenya

The rationale of this study was to investigate Influence of Capacity Building of Heads of Departments HODs on Implementation of Curriculum in order to improve in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations KCSE performance in public schools in Kericho County. The performance of KCSE has been decreasing over the last five years 2013—2017 the least mean score being 3.408 which is below average. The study was guided by the following objective namely To determine the influence of Capacity Building of HODs on Implementation of Curriculum in Kericho County. The study was used the Theory of Human Capital Theory by Becker and Gerhart 1996 which gave a deeper insight to this research study. The study adopted descriptive survey design which was suitable for this study. The target population was composed of 80 Principals, 400 Heads of Departments and 800 Teachers totaling to 3200. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling was used to get a sample of 1280 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaires and interview schedules. The data obtained was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS Version 21 .Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques were used to analyze the collected data which was then presented in form of pie chats, frequency tables and graphs and thematically explained. The study found out lack of time and financial resources for capacity building for HODs affected curriculum implementation. Majority of the schools held internal seminars to instill efficiency in performance although they had inadequate teachers and incentives. Majority of the respondents preferred the government to sponsor their professional development trainings instead of relying on their already migre salaries. With this in place then there will be success in curriculum implementation through efficiency and effectiveness in learning and performance. In conclusion Principals, HODs and teachers agreed that they have done very little in full curriculum implementation and professional development leading to poor performance in national exams in subsequent years and other conflicts of interest. The study recommends that the Teachers Service Commission TSC and the Ministry of Education MoE should constantly review its policies to accommodate changing needs of Teachers and Heads of Department HODs in full Profession Development. A further study in Capacity Building and curriculum implementation was suggested upon completion of this research study in other institutions of learning. Zeddy Martim | Sarah Likoko "Influence of Capacity Building of Heads of Department on Implementation of Curriculum in Public Schools in Kericho County, Kenya" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-5 , August 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50435.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/50435/influence-of-capacity-building-of-heads-of-department-on-implementation-of-curriculum-in-public-schools-in-kericho-county-kenya/zeddy-martim