Abstract

This study explored perceptions of rural stakeholders on the implementation of readmission policy at secondary school, in order to establish why the implementation of the policy was still challenging, and to find out if revision of the policy has aided effective implementation. The main finding from the study was that most parents/ guardians, teen mothers and most teachers do not know the policy procedures. As such most of the procedures stipulated in the policy are not followed and the policy is being implemented according to how the school decides. For instance, 79% of the teen mothers in school did not follow the right procedures of readmission. The study also established that lack of knowledge of policy procedures led to passive grassroots stakeholders’ participation. Furthermore, the study discovered that support rendered to teen mothers is inadequate, this resulted into poor performance of the teen mothers and permanent withdraw of some. In summary the study found that there has been some improvement in implementation of the policy since its review, however more needs to be done. Therefore the study recommends that the policy procedures be disseminated through the heads of schools and village heads to all stakeholders and active involvement of grassroots stakeholders should be promoted. The study was conducted in thirteen secondary schools which were randomly sampled. The sampled schools included Community Day Secondary Schools and Conventional secondary schools. Participants included parents/guardians to teen mothers, teen mothers, and teachers. The study employed mixed methods strategy. Structured questionnaires and interview guides were used to gather responses from respondents.

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School	: School of Education
Issued Date	: 2012

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