STAKEHOLDERS’ ENGAGEMENT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, IN URIRI SUB-COUNTY, MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

Stakeholders’ involvement in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is critical towards completion of infrastructural projects (IPs) in public secondary schools. They influence decision making about improving, re-orienting or discontinuing evaluation interventions. Hence, the need to focus on stakeholders’ engagement as a strategy of making a difference in monitoring and evaluation of secondary school IPs in public secondary schools in Uriri Sub-County. Data was collected through census from 172 respondents consisting of principals, chairpersons to the Boards of Management, chairpersons of school infrastructure committees and deputy principals using questionnaires, while interview guide was administered to 3 purposively selected key informants comprising Sub-County Public Works Officer, Sub-County Director of Education and Sub County Quality Assurance and Standards Officer. The study found that there was high influence of leadership stakeholder’s engagement towards completion of IPs in the study area. The study concludes that M&E leadership stakeholder engagement has statistically significant and weak positive correlation towards completion of IPs. The study recommends that the government should enforce policy framework for stakeholder engagement in public secondary schools.