Research Papers and Theses

Masters and Doctoral Theses

Analysing the Effectiveness of Selected Interventions on School Resources for Improving Quality of Primary Education in Kenya.

Written by

Obiero C.

(2012)

This study examines SACMEQ policy suggestions and agenda for action on school resources and the impact of the policy interventions in Kenya’s primary education system. The research dwells on the extent the school instructional materials support, a large scale investment, has contributed to quality in primary education. The Government did also implement targeted infrastructure improvement programme for improving pupil learning environment. The Kenya SACMEQ I, II and III project data was used in this study that took place in 1998, 2000 and 2007 respectively. The school learning environment (SLE) and the School Instructional materials (SIM) variable scales were constructed using Item Response Theory technique. Descriptive and inferential analysis was used to explain level and trends of school instructional materials and the relationship to pupil learning outcomes in reading and mathematics among standard 6 pupils’ across the provinces. ...

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Papers from the 2005 International Invitational Educational Policy Research Conference

Explaining Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement Among Standard 6 Pupils in Kenya: Emerging Policy Issues.

Written by

Florence W. Thuku, Hungi N.

(2005)

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Impact of Gender and Socio-Economic Factors on Primary Education Performance in Kenya.

Written by

Eldha N. Onsomu, George Kosimbei, Moses W. Ngware

(2005)

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Towards Informed Decision Making: Contributions of the SACMEQ Research Programme to the Improvement of Primary Education in Kenya.

Written by

Juliana Nzomo

(2005)

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Research Papers

Differences in pupil achievement in Kenya: Implications for policy and practice

Written by

Hungi N., Florence W. Thuku

(2010)

International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2010, pp 33-43

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Student achievement and social stratification: A case of primary education in Kenya.

Written by

Kentaro Shimada

(2010)

Africa Educational Research Journal Number 1, 92-109

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Year	Author(s)	Title
2010	Hungi, N. & Thuku, F.W.	Variation in Reading Achievement across 14 Southern African School Systems: What Factors Matter? International Review of Education, 56:63-11.
2008	Tia Linda Zuze	Equity and Effectiveness in East African Primary Schools. Doctoral Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
2006	Juliana Nzomo and Demus Makuwa	How can countries move from cross-national research results to dissemination and then to policy reform? (Case studies from Kenya and Namibia), in: Kenneth N. Ross and Ilona Jürgens Genevois (Eds.) Cross-national Studies of the Quality of Education, Paris: IIEP/UNESCO, Chapter 10, pp 213-228.
2005	Njora Hungi	Modelling Pupil’s Absenteeism: Policy Issues Arising from the SACMEQ Projects. (Pupil- and school-level factors that influence absenteeism rates among Standard 6 primary school pupils in Kenya). Paper presented to the International Invitational Educational Policy Research Conference, Paris, France, 28 September 2 October, 2005.