Abstract:
Misallocation and misappropriation of financial
resources in leaning institutions has been the cause of misuse
fraud and inefficiency, in educational institutions around the
world. This has affected the implementation of Performance
contacting (P C) in the institutions which necessitated the need
for this study that investigated the influence of principals’
allocation of financial resources to school programmes on
implementation of performance contracting in public secondary
schools in Machakos County. The study adopted a descriptive
survey research design using mixed method approach. The
sample size of the study was 471 respondents comprising of 9
Assistant directors of education, 109 Principals’ and 354
Teachers. Purposive sampling was used to select the directors,
proportionate sampling to select the teachers and random
sampling to select the principals to participate in the study.
Validity of research instruments was ascertained using a pilot
study while reliability of instruments was ascertained using TestRetest technique. Quantitative data was analyzed using the
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and reported using
graphs, charts and tables. Qualitative data drawn from open
ended questions and interviews was transcribed into themes and
reported in narratives. Coefficient of Correlation was used on
hypotheses to determine the influence of principals’ allocation of
financial resources to school programmes on implementation of
performance contracting in public secondary schools in
Machakos County. The study found there was a statistically
significant relationship between allocation of financial resources
and implementation of performance contracting at p level 0.
065.The study concluded that failure to allocate finance by
principals and to PC activities influenced its implementation.
The study recommended that School Boards of Management
need to allocate finances to areas of priority in school to catalyze
PC implementation.
