QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PRINCIPALS
Questionnaire on factors influencing principals’ performance of administrative duties in
public day secondary schools
Section A: Demographic data
Please indicate the correct option by inserting a tick (
) in appropriate space provided
1. What is your gender?
Female [ ]
Male [ ]
2. What is your age in years?
31–35 [ ] 36–40 [ ]
41–45 [ ] 46–50 [ ]
51– and above [ ]
3. What is your highest professional qualification?
B.Ed [ ] PGDE [ ]
Masters [ ] Others (specify)
4. What is your professional experience?
Below 5 years [ ] 5–10 years [ ]
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11 – 15 years [ ] 16 – 20 years [ ]
21 – 25 years [ ] 26 and above [ ]
5. How long have you been a school principal?
Below 1 year [ ] 1 – 5 years [ ]
6 – 10 years [ ] 11 – 15 years [ ]
16 – 20 years [ ] 21-25 years [ ]
26 and above [ ]
6. How long have you been a principal in this school?
Below 1 year [ ] 1 – 5 years [ ]
6 – 10 years [ ] 11 – 15 years [ ]
16 – 20 years [ ] 21-25 years [ ]
26 and above [ ]
Section B: Finances and principals’ performance of administrative duties
In the table below, Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the
following statements regarding the influence of finances in your school and how that
impacts on the administration of duties
Key: SA = Strongly Agree (5); A = Agree (4); U = Undecided (3); D = Disagree (2)
SD = Strongly disagree (1)
SN Statement SA A U D SD
1 Inadequate finances has led to the school’s inability to
purchase teaching/learning resources leading to poor
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academic performance
2 Funds are always available for the school needs
3 Teachers are not compensated for teaching during
remedial and holidays hence students miss out
4 Delay in disbursement of funds affects the running of
the schools
5 The school does not have adequate facilities due to
inadequate funds
6 Parents are not consistent in paying the required levies
7 Poor payment of fees by parents affects the running of
the schools
8 Inadequate funds make the running of the school
difficult
9 Delays in government disbursement of funds has led the
school to incur large debts that limit effectiveness of
the schools in teaching and learning process
Section C: Human resources and principals’ performance of administrative duties
In the table below, Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following
statements regarding the influence of human resources on the principals’ administration
of duties
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Key: SA = Strongly Agree (5); A = Agree (4); U = Undecided (3); D = Disagree (2)
SD = Strongly disagree (1)
SN Statement SA A U D SD
1 The school is not in a position to hire enough support
staff
2 The school does not have adequate teachers
3 The school does not have adequate support staff
4 Inadequate staff in the school has hindered the
running of the school
5 The school experiences high turnover by support staff
6 The school is not able to maintain the BOM teachers
7 Inadequate staff is a major challenge in the sub
county public secondary schools
8 Inadequate teachers is a major challenge to the
running of the schools
9 The public secondary schools have a
challenge of getting staff
10 The government needs to allocate more funds to hire
more staff
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Section D: I n f r a s t r u c t u r e and principals’ performance of administrative
duties
In the table below, Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the
following statements regarding the influence of infrastructure on the principals’
administration of duties
Key: SA = Strongly Agree (5); A = Agree (4); U = Undecided (3); D = Disagree (2)
SD = Strongly disagree (1)
SN Statement SA A U D SD
1 The school has adequate classrooms
2 The school has adequate well equipped laboratories
3 The school has adequate text books and stationery
4 The school has adequate fields
5 The school has an administrative block
6 The school has adequate desks and chairs for students
7 The school has adequate chair and tables for teachers
8 The school has adequate houses for teachers and
support staff
9 The school is able to maintain its buildings and
facilities
10 The school has computer labs
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Section E: Community around the school and principals’ performance of
administrative duties
In the table below, Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the
following statements regarding the influence of community around the school on the
principals’ administration of duties
Key: SA = Strongly Agree (5); A = Agree (4); U = Undecided (3); D = Disagree (2)
SD = Strongly disagree (1)
SN Statement SA A U D SD
1 The school has good rapport with the community
2 The school receive support from the community
3 The PTA is supportive to the school
4 The parents are willing to support the school
5 The community around the school contributes to
indiscipline of the school
6 The community is not concerned with the school
7 Parents are not able to support the school financially
8 The school has received adequate support from the
community
9 The school principal has cultivated good school
community relations
