The Influence of Part-Time Lecturers' Payment Management on the Dons' Performance

Abstract

Kenya’s university student enrolment had risen in the year 2016 to around 23 percent following increased female enrolment, massive infrastructure development at the universalities, the introduction of new programs, lowering university entry grades as well as the opening of more campuses by the universities, (Wanjau, Okeyo, & Rimiru, 2016). In the period of 2015, the enrolment shot up from 361,379 to 443,783, and this has created more challenges for universities as they now have to reduce expenses and seek new funding avenues to expand facilities for coping with the surge, (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2015). The university student enrollment has further risen with the recent lowering of the entry cutoff points, as those KCSE candidates scoring grade C+ are now eligible for government funded university admission. This puts competitive pressure on the universities and also on the understaffed academic members and thus necessitating the engagement of part-time lecturers.