Abstract:
High students’ intake in Public Universities
has led to reduced learning space and sharing
of few teaching/learning resources by both
lecturers and students. The purpose of this
study was to assess the adequacy of teaching
and learning resources for effective
implementation of the MBChB and BScN
programmes in two public universities in
Kenya. The specific objectives of this study
were to assess the perceptions of the
adequacy of teaching resources in the
MBChB and BScN programmes by lecturers,
assess the perceptions of the adequacy of
learning resources by students in the MBChB
and BScN programmes, identify the
challenges encountered by lecturers in
acquiring teaching resources and compare the
perceptions of adequacy of teaching resources
in both Universities. The study was conducted
in Moi University (A) and University of
Nairobi (B). The study design used was
mixed methods research design. Convenience
(non-probability) sampling was used to select
100 University lecturers (50 from each
university) and 50 from each school as
participants of the study. Purposive sampling was used to select students for Focus Group
Discussions. 38 students’ representatives in
the MBChB and BScN programmes (2
representatives per academic year) were
interviewed using an interview guide. There
were four Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
groups with 8 to 10 students per FGD. Data
was collected from university lecturers of the
MBChB and BScN programmes in the two
Universities, using self-administered closed ended structured questionnaires. Findings
from both Universities showed that 88% of
lecturers perceived that teaching resources
were inadequate, 77% perceived that lecture
room space was inadequate and 84% that
skills labs were not well equipped. FGDs
revealed that students. A comparison between
the two Universities revealed that University
A had better equipped skills laboratories
while University B had a better stocked
library. Conclusion: there are inadequate
Teaching/learning resources in public
Universities which are attributed to high
student intakes and financial constraints.
