Beatrice Ndiga|Catherine Mumiukhacatherine khakasa|Fedha Flora|Margaret Ngugi|Shem Mwalw’a
Principals’ Transformational Leadership Skills in Public Secondary Schools: A Case of Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions and Academic Achievement in Nairobi County, Kenya
due reforms education sector school managers need appreciate new policies laws guide school management namely childrens act basic education act management resources ensuring accountability integrity public equally crucial reforms emanate education changes brought new constitution dispensation devolved system government managers schools need appreciate new policies laws guide management schools education basic human right therefore free compulsory schools disability friendly also element participation important management resources ensuring accountability integrity public equally crucial sessional paper 1 2005 emphasizes improving quality completion rates primary secondary school level education moe 2005 reports literacy academic achievement students kenya certificate primary education kcpe kenya certificate secondary education kcse examination point towards decline academic standards overall outlook school managers change paper explores way forward better understanding management schools new kind leadership transformational leadership hence need study study aimed establish teachers students perceptions principals transformational leadership nairobi county kenya correlate student academic achievement transformational leadership among principals nairobi examined correlated study dependent variable student academic achievement two research objectives guided study 1 find extent principals nairobi county exhibit transformational leadership 2 determine correlation principals transformational leadership student academic achievement mixed method approach adopted study naturalistic descriptive survey designs used qualitative approach utilized gather depth information principals respondents total 21 eligible public secondary schools drawn sampling frame 73 schools stratified sampling method total ten teachers ten students principal eligible school sampled included study total 21 principals eligible school included study total sample size therefore four hundred forty one 441 respondents drawn selected 21 public secondary schools questionnaires interview guides employed collect data likert items 5point response scale ranging strongly disagree strongly agree included questionnaire data sorted analyzed use descriptive inferential statistics correlations ttest used examine well transformational leadership factors correlated student achievement data analyzed using statistical package social sciences spss microsofts excel data presented using tables results study indicated moderate negative correlation student perception towards principals transformational leadership student achievement statistically significant ii strong positive correlation teacher perception towards principals transformational leadership student achievement statistically significant study recommends action plan tsc establishing training needs training principals transformational leadership