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Relationship between school culture and students' performance in French in selected secondary schools in Kenya T. O Omusonga ; I.M Kazadi and F. C Indoshi

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Omusonga, T. O ;Kazadi, I.M and Indoshi, F. C

Publication details: Nairobi USIU 2009Description: 255-263pg The Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa vol.1 no. 2ISSN:

19981279

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Summary: School culture refers to a set of acceptance beliefs and norms governing people's conduct in schools. Schools with a culture that favors teaching and learning French tend to have a long history of offering French subject characterized by high expectations for and recognition of academic and co-curricula achievement, parental involvement, and career guidance and counseling. Such schools also tend to perform better in French in national examination compared to schools without a French culture. However, not a single study in Kenya has explored the role school culture may play in ameliorating the pathetic performance witnessed in French Kenya Certificate of secondary education(KCSE) examinations, whereby 60% of candidates fail to attain the minimum required grade of c+ to enable them join the universities in the country. This necessitates a study of this nature whose purpose was to determine the relationship between school culture and students' performance in French in selected secondary schools in Kenya. The study is biased on correlation design. It was carried out in 16 secondary schools offering French in Western Province of Kenya, selected by stratified random sampling to include provincial, district and private schools categories. Saturatted sampling technique was used to select 16 teachers of French and 327 students of French, from the 16 sample schools. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics(means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics( Person's product moment correlation and test) The study reached the conclusion that school culture and students' performance in French in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination have a strong positive correlation. Therefore, developing a French culture -within a school improve students' scores in French. Based on these findings, it is recommended that school authorities in collaboration with the teacher of French should inculcate in their institutions a culture which favours teaching and learning of French, especially activities such as drama and music festivals, French days, and cultural exchange programs, and availing the necessary French curriculum materials, facilities and equipment.

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School culture refers to a set of acceptance beliefs and norms governing people's conduct in schools. Schools with a culture that favors teaching and learning French tend to have a long history of offering French subject characterized by high expectations for and recognition of academic and co-curricula achievement, parental involvement, and career guidance and counseling. Such schools also tend to perform better in French in national examination compared to schools without a French culture. However, not a single study in Kenya has explored the role school culture may play in ameliorating the pathetic performance witnessed in French Kenya Certificate of secondary education(KCSE) examinations, whereby 60% of candidates fail to attain the minimum required grade of c+ to enable them join the universities in the country. This necessitates a study of this nature whose purpose was to determine the relationship between school culture and students' performance in French in selected secondary schools in Kenya.
The study is biased on correlation design. It was carried out in 16 secondary schools offering French in Western Province of Kenya, selected by stratified random sampling to include provincial, district and private schools categories. Saturatted sampling technique was used to select 16 teachers of French and 327 students of French, from the 16 sample schools. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics(means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics( Person's product moment correlation and test)
The study reached the conclusion that school culture and students' performance in French in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination have a strong positive correlation. Therefore, developing a French culture -within a school improve students' scores in French. Based on these findings, it is recommended that school authorities in collaboration with the teacher of French should inculcate in their institutions a culture which favours teaching and learning of French, especially activities such as drama and music festivals, French days, and cultural exchange programs, and availing the necessary French curriculum materials, facilities and equipment.

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