The Effect of School Administration and Management on Quality Assessment of Agriculture Projects in Secondary Schools, a case of Kakamega County, Kenya

The assessment of agriculture projects in secondary schools has been plagued by disparities between the school and the externally based assessments. School administration and management related factors being one of them. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of school administration and management on the quality assessment agricultures project based on the provision of material and equipment, provision of security for projects and provision of learning resource. The population of the study consisted of 310 teachers of agriculture. Simple random sampling was used to select 109 teachers of agriculture. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data. Results revealed that the level of administration and management commitment positively and significantly affected the quality assessment of agriculture projects in secondary schools in Kakamega County. Therefore school administration and management support in terms of provision of adequate land for project work, equipment, security and understanding of the agriculture project curriculum, and project requirements are vital to the improvement of the quality of assessment of agriculture projects in secondary schools. Thus, the school administration and management ought to provide adequate land, equipment, security and understand the agriculture project curriculum, and project requirements in view of improvement of quality of assessment of agricultural projects.