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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to establish the motivational strategies that teachers use to increase adolescent girls attendance in public primary schools in Baringo County, Kenya. The study was conducted in view of lower attendance patterns by adolescent girls in public primary schools in the county. This study adopted a survey research design targeting standard seven girls and teachers in selected (30.0%) of public primary schools in the county. The study utilised questionnaires to collect data. The study found out that indeed school attendance increases when the teachers cared about girls’ learners’ academic progress, when teachers were available and when teachers set high expectations for what they can achieve. The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ motivational strategies and girls’ school attendance in primary schools in Baringo County. This implied that application of motivational techniques by teachers increased adolescent girls’ attendance patterns in public primary schools in the study area. The study concludes that teachers need to apply intrinsic and extrinsic motivational strategies to ensure that adolescent girls attend school on daily basis. This would result to higher retention rates of girls and completion rates in primary school education. The research recommends that teachers should be able to determine the individual needs of the learners and be concerned with the pupils’ academic progress. The study is expected to ministry of education and school management in informing them on the appropriate strategies that their school teachers can use to improve girl child attendance. This would result to attainment of 100% retention of adolescent girls in schools. |
| Keywords: Motivation, Strategies, Adolescent, Girls & Attendance, |
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