Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of capacity building on
head teachers’ competence in primary schools Management in Bomet County. The
ministry of education in collaboration with the Kenya Education Management
Institute (KEMI) rolled out a one year diploma programme on school management
for all the head teachers in public primary schools in Kenya in 2011. The aim of the
programme was to upgrade the competency of head teachers on school management.
The research randomly selected a total of 378 head teachers from a population frame
of 610 head teachers in the county. Quantitative data was collected by use of self administered structured questionnaires. Analysis of data using correlation showed
that capacity building is highly correlated to head teachers’ competency in primary
school management. The correlation of the capacity building to managerial
competency variables were: Resource management, r = 0.389; Result based
management, r =0.496; Procurement process,r=0.394; Finance management, r =
0.567; Strategic leadership, r =0.567; Project planning, r =0.547. The correlation
matrix obtained from Spearman’s rank correlation showed similar results at 0.05
percent level of significance. The results were r = 0.00 p < 0.05; showing that
capacity building is significantly related to competency in primary school
management. It was recommended that training needs should be conducted
periodically for improving knowledge and skills for the administrators.
