Influence of Principals' Management of Capacity Building on Students' Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Mombasa County, Kenya

Abstract

Students' academic performance is an area of great concern to all stakeholders in education worldwide. Schools in Mombasa County have recorded poor students' academic performance in the last five years. The study sought to establish the extent to which the Principal Capacity building influence affects students' academic performance in public secondary schools in Mombasa County and propose intervention strategies that can be adopted to improve students' academic performance. The research question of the study was stated as follows: To what extent does principals' management of capacity building influence academic performance in public secondary schools in Mombasa County? The study used a descriptive research design.  The target population of the study was 33 principals and 825 teachers in all 33 public secondary schools in Mombasa County. The study used a survey to collect data for all the Principals and applied simple random, stratified and purposive random sampling techniques in selecting a sample size of teachers 248 from the target population. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the principals and teachers of the department. The validity of the questionnaires was ascertained using researchers, while the reliability of the instruments was determined using Cronbach's alpha. Quantitative data were analyzed using percentages meaning the study recommends the need for Principals to intensify the capacity-building teacher in order to give regular feedback to teachers.