Implications of Teachers’ Capacity on the Implementation of Computer Studies Curriculum in Public Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya

The government of Kenya introduced the implementation of a computer studies curriculum in 1996. However, descriptive statistics of various studies carried out have never established why only a few schools registering a low number of candidates offer computer studies at KCSE examinations and worst of all is the varied performance registered nationally and more so in Bungoma County. This study therefore purposed to evaluate the influence of teacher capacity on the implementation of computer studies curriculum in public secondary schools in Bungoma County, Kenya. This was achieved by determining the availability and utilization of qualified computer studies teacher capacity on the implementation of the computer studies curriculum in Bungoma County. The study was survey research design and stratified the schools into categories of national, extra county, county and sub county schools. Aside from national schools where the census was used to select schools to participate, simple random sampling was employed to select the schools. Purposive sampling was used to select random respondents from selected schools that offer computer studies at KCSE which represented a sample size of 35 percent. Questionnaires, interviews, document analysis and observation were used to gather the required data. This study obtained information concerning adequacy and utilization of computer studies teacher capacity influence on the implementation of computer studies curriculum. Therefore, this study established that there was a relationship between adequacy of computer studies teacher capacity and curriculum implementation. Availability of teacher capacity influenced both computer studies performance and students’ enrolment at KCSE. The study therefore recommended that adequate computer studies teachers be availed to public secondary schools and be utilised for proper implementation of computer studies curriculum. This study would benefit principals in making informed decisions concerning whether to implementor not offer computer studies in their schools as well as other education stakeholders such as policy makers, teachers and computer technicians among others.