EVALUATION OF LEARNER SAFETY AND DISCIPLINE ON TEACHER PERFORMANCE IN KIMININI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

Stakeholders in education world over are demanding quality education hence this has put intense pressure on teacher managements to account for teachers’ performance. Teacher Service Commission that manages teachers in Kenya rolled out Teachers Performance Appraisal and Development as a tool to account for teachers’ performance in 2015. It is against this backdrop that the study sought to examine influence of learner’s safety and discipline on teachers’ performance in Kiminini Sub-County Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey design, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select respondents from target population which comprised of Principals, Deputy Principals, Head of Departments, Teachers and TSC Sub- County director of Kiminini. Study utilized structured questionnaires for Principals, Deputy Principals, Head of Departments, Teachers and interview guide for TSC Sub-County director in collection of data. The researcher conducted pilot study in Kiminini Sub-County among the respondents who were not included in the study sample. Reliability of the questionnaire variables were tested to determine Cronbach alpha. All variable items yielded Cronbach alpha values above = 0.7 an indication of meeting required threshold, while validity of the data collection tools was checked by supervisors and experts from the department of Education Planning and Management from Kibabii University before use. The study used descriptive statistics to analyze data with aid of Statistical Package for Social Science for Quantitative Data, while qualitative data was analysed by thematic. The study concluded that learners’ safety and discipline did not influence teachers’ performance.