Title:
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FACING PRIVATE MIDDLE LEVEL COLLEGES AND THEIR REPERCUSSIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL GOALS: A CASE STUDY OF ELDORET TOWN, KENYA

Authors:
Ann Mugo, Dorcas Kahiga

Abstract:
In 21st century the education sector is faced with some management challenges which are leading to adverse attainment of its goals. The foregoing had necessitated this study which aims to investigate management challenges facing private middle level colleges and its repercussions for educational goals in Eldoret, Kenya. There is clear evidence that education is a key factor to the growth in development and hence private middle level colleges come in to proffer such prospects to students who don't attend universities due to lack of fees required or failure of meeting entry points. This study was guided by Scientific Management theory and it employed a questionnaire to collect primary data from the respondents whereby the target population was 60 finance, human resource and management staff of these institutions. It adopted census survey and the data was analyzed and processed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software. The findings indicated that management skills is positively and that the relationship between the two constructs is statistically significant (r = 0.572; p < 0.01). It further recommended that frequent seminars should be organised with the aim of imparting management skills