Abstract:
The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of implementing strategic plans in
public schools as the key approach of management of institutions, strategic planning is
very crucial in realization of management outlook for the Kenyan vision 2030, relatively
little research has investigated the ways public schools implement strategic plans. This
study was designed to assess the effect of monitoring and evaluation on
implementation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was
guided by a mixed method Research design. The target population for the study was 9
sub-county education officials, 284 chairpersons of Board of management, 284
principals and 284 senior teachers in Bungoma County. The study sample comprised of
9 sub-county education officials, 85 chairpersons of Board of management, 85 principals
and 85 senior teachers. The respondents were selected using purposive and simple
random sampling
technique and the instruments for
data collection were
questionnaires, interview schedule and document analysis. Data was analyzed using
mean, standard deviation, frequency, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple
Regression to establish relationships and variable traits while themes were derived
from narrative data. The findings of this study revealed that monitoring and evaluation
dimension has a significant relationship with implementation of strategic plans in
public secondary schools. It is recommend that it is very crucial that the public
secondary schools conduct monitoring and evaluation on the strategic plans, this will help the educational institutions to gather valuable information that will provide
valuable insights in the strategic plans implementation across the education sector.
