| dc.description.abstract | Information and communication Technology (ICT) has become the principal driver of economy all over the
world, and its role in education sector cannot be down-played. Kenyan government inclusive, has invested
heavily in ICT to align education with vision 2030.The schools have been mandated through the head teachers’
leadership, to spearhead the implementation of ICT policies in the school. Despite the heavy government’s
investments on infrastructure and capacity building, the ICT policy implementation in Rabai Sub County is still
dismal raising question on the influence of leadership on ICT implementation. This study investigated the
influence head teachers’ quality supervision skills on ICT implementation in public primary schools in Rabai
Sub County in Kilifi County -Kenya. This study was anchored on Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene theory by
Frederick Herzberg. The study used descriptive survey research design to gather qualitative and quantitative
data which was analyzed to describe systematically the situation of ICT implementation in Rabai Sub County in
Kilifi County- Kenya. The target population was 44 public primary schools and Census technique was used. 88
respondents were obtained using purposive sampling where all 44 head teachers and 44 ICT champion teachers
were sampled. The researcher used interview schedule for the head teachers and closed ended questionnaires
for the ICT champion teachers. The qualitative data from the head teachers was organized and coded according
to themes and the Likert Scale of 1-5 was used to measure the respondents’ level of agreement on the
questionnaires. The responses from both tools was organized according to the objectives and presented
qualitatively and quantitatively. Pre-testing was done in Kaloleni Sub County whereby a reliability coefficient of
above 0.07 and 0.05% level of significance was achieved and it was considered reliable. The validity of the
instrument was determined through consultations with specialists in the study area. The data was collected after
obtaining a letter of authority from Kenya Methodist University (KeMU), National Commission for Science,
Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), Kilifi County Commissioner Office, Kilifi County Education Office and
RabaiSubcounty Education Office. The data collected was analyzed using Descriptive Statistics using Statistics
Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) program and final results displayed using percentages, and graphs. The
study found out that the quality supervision skill of the head teachers ’was deficient, mean moderate of 3.5085
and the std 1.144732. From the responses of the respondents, the researcher concluded that there was a strong
correlation between effective leadership in terms of quality supervision and implementation of ICT policy in the
public primary schools. Capacity building on these core leadership skills to empower head teachers is
recommended. | en_US |
