Abstract:
The purpose of
this
study was to establish the extent to which teacher
s’
related
factors
(communication, conflict resolution, coordination and attitude) influence time
ly
syllabus
coverage
in public secondary schools
.
The objectives of this study were: to establish the
influence of communication on timely syllabus coverage, to establish the influence of conflict
resolution on timely syllabus coverage, to establish the influence of coordination on timely
syllabus coverag
e and to establish the influence of attitude
towards relational interaction
among teachers on timely syllabus coverage in p
ublic secondary schools in Migwani Sub
-
County, Kenya
.
The study was carried ou
t in Migwani sub county, Kitui C
ounty
. The study
adopt
ed descriptive survey research design.
The target population was
285
ordinary teachers
in public secondary
schools in Migwani Sub
-
County.
A random sample of 128 assistant
teachers was selected for the study.
A questionnaire was used as the instrument of
data
collection.
Piloting was done in two schools and the pilot test for the research instruments
using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (P
P
MCC) was found to be
0.9145
for the
questionnaire (TQ).
Quantitative information was summarized into
frequency tables,
percentages and graphs.
Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the
data.
Descriptive statistics analysis showed
M
eans that indicate that respondents agreed that
teacher relational factors have positive influence
on time
ly
syllabus coverage. Analysis of
variance (ANOVA) test confirmed that all the
four
teacher relational factors have significant
effect on time
ly
sylla
bus coverage
F(df
B
, df
W
) = F(4, 113),
(p
< 0.05), and hence all the
four
null hypotheses were rejected.
Pearson moment correlation coefficient
test established that
there exists a positive correlation between teachers’ relational factors and time
ly
syllabus
coverage. The study recommends that teachers interact in a relationa
l manner for this would
boost the prospects of
timely
syllabus coverage
.