Influence Of Resource Availability On Effectiveness Of Performance Management System In Public Secondary Schools In Nairobi County, Kenya

The Teachers Service Commission introduced performance management in public secondary schools in Kenya in 2016. However, the performance management system did not work as per plan and has not attained the expected teaching and learning outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of resource availability on the effectiveness of the performance management system in public secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya. This research was anchored on the resource-based view theory and used the positivism research philosophy. The study population was 7,797 drawn from 109 public secondary schools in Nairobi County which included 109 principals, 121 deputies, and 7,567 teachers. Multi-stage sampling was applied to select a sample of 369 teachers, 5 principals and 6 deputy principals. A structured questionnaire was applied to gather data and analysis of the collected quantitative data was through descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages and means) and inferential statistics (simple linear regression analysis). The research findings established that resource availability had a positive and significant influence on effectiveness of PMS in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya (β = 0.810, t = 23.707, p < 0.05). The study recommends that policymakers in education such as the Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission to ensure that public secondary schools have the necessary resources, such as teaching materials, technology, and infrastructure, to support effective performance management system. Public secondary schools should also invest in technology that supports performance tracking and management, including software for tracking student progress and teacher performance