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Public secondary schools head-teachers and deputy head-teachers in Nyanza Region
have either been sacked, demoted, interdicted or redeployed. Close scrutiny of the
reasons for doing this narrows down to procurement related issues. The knowledge level
of principals, deputy principals, teachers and non-teaching staff in public schools on
procurement policy is low. There is also policy dilemma on procurement policy among
public schools in Nyanza region. Procurement logistics is not done as per the required
standards because there are procurement challenges faced by the schools. The purpose of
this study is to determine implementation of public procurement policy and its influence
on institutional effectiveness in public secondary schools in Nyanza Region. The
objectives of the study included: to evaluate the influence of knowledge and skills of
procurement committee on institutional effectiveness, to analyze the influence of
compliance dynamics in the implementation of procurement policy on institutional
effectiveness, to determine influence of decisions in the implementation of procurement
policy on institutional effectiveness and to examine the influence of ethics in
implementation of procurement policy on institutional effectiveness in public secondary
schools. The study was anchored on the institutional theory. The study adopted the
concurrent mixed methods design where both quantitative and qualitative approaches
were used during the various stages of research. Unit of analysis were the principals,
procurement committee, teachers and students who were selected through stratified,
proportionate, simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The study used
purposive sampling method to select sample of the principals, stratified sampling method
used to select schools from various categories such as national schools, extra-county
schools, county schools and sub-county. Simple random sampling design was used to
sample procurement committee members. Collecting of data was done through the use of
interviews and questionnaires. The study used structured questionnaire for principals,
procurement committee and teachers. The interview guide was used for the chair
procurement committee and students. Analysis was done using quantitative and
qualitative techniques. Data was analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics that
entailed frequencies, percentages and means. Inferential statistics entailed multiple
regression and correlation analyses that were conducted to measure the association
between dependent and independent variables which were knowledge and skills,
compliance dynamics, implementation of procurement decisions by procurement
committee, and procurement ethics (independent variables) and effectiveness of public
secondary schools in Nyanza Region (dependent variable). Qualitative data was analyzed
using content analysis procedures and then presented thematically according to the
research objectives. The study concluded that; knowledge and skills of procurement
committee members in procurement policy has a significant bearing on school
effectiveness in public secondary schools and stringent adhering to procurement morals
could significantly boost procuring committee performance in public secondary schools.
The research recommends that there is need for stiffer punishments to be enacted for
violation of codes or procurement morals. There is also need for enhanced inspection of
all procuring actions to make sure there is compliance with the moral codes. Detailed
selection of all suppliers looking for prequalification and those looking for tenders need
to be done to reduce incidences of conflict of interest. |
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