Vol. 3, November, 2024

A Robust Resources Allocation Models for Secondary Schools

Kaberia Evans LIMUKII Ph.D

Abstract

The paper reviews education resource allocation models from developed countries to identify the gaps
and fill them for use in developing countries. Schools in developing countries are faced with severe
resource constraints and greater accountability for student's academic achievement. Education
resources have been availed by the National Government Kenya and the families, yet over 76 of students
in Kenya who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) between 2008 and 2011
scored grade C plain, In Meru County over the same period, the score was even more disastrous as they
scored a grade C- minus. Research shows a positive relationship between resource allocation and
academic achievements. Education resource allocation in the Western world is done using models,
however, the same cannot be said of Africa, more especially Kenyan. The gap identified will aid in
designing a hybrid model that could be harnessed for efficient resource allocation in public schools in
developing countries.

Keywords

Resource allocation models, academic achievement,

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