| dc.description.abstract | Schools in Bondo Sub County in Kenya have experienced defiant students who confront their teachers and destroy school property even though the Government of Kenya initiated student councils in schools to make students' discipline more effective. The study aimed to investigate selected factors as predictors of the effectiveness of student councils in promoting discipline in secondary schools in Bondo sub-county, Kenya. The objectives of the study were: To establish the influence of school incentives on effectiveness of student councils in secondary schools; To determine the influence of induction on effectiveness of student councils in secondary schools; to examine the influence of leadership training and mentorship on effectiveness of students councils in secondary schools, and to find out the influence of Principal leadership styles on effectiveness of student councils in secondary schools. The study was based on functional leadership theory. The study was based on a mixed-method approach and specifically, the Concurrent triangulation design was adopted. The study targeted 1636 prefects, 280 teachers, 43 principals, 43 school captains, and 49 deputy principals in 43 secondary schools in the Bondo sub-county. A sample size of 491 prefects, 86 teachers, 13 principals, 13 school captains, and 15 deputy principals were obtained. Questionnaires were used to obtain data from prefects and teachers, while an interview schedule was used to collect information from principals, school captains, and deputy principals. To ensure face, content, and construct validities of the research instruments, supervisors and members of the school of Education at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology who are experts in this study area scrutinized the research instruments. Pretesting through piloting was done in four schools that were not sampled in Bondo Sub-county. Test re test method of establishing the reliability of questionnaires was used. Quantitative data from questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Pearson’s product-moment correlation and regression analysis. Thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. This is essentially a method for identifying and analyzing patterns in qualitative data. The findings indicated a strong positive influence of (r = .635) school incentives on effectiveness of student councils; a strong positive influence of (r = .672) inductions on the effectiveness of student councils; a strong positive influence of (r = .682) leadership Training and Mentorship on effectiveness of students’ council. The study found a strong positive influence of democratic, transactional, and transformational Leadership styles on the effectiveness of students’ council in promoting discipline. A strong negative influence of (r = .557) Authoritarian Leadership style on the effectiveness of students’ council. It’s recommended that the Kenyan Ministry of Education should develop a manual for prefects training and mentorship for secondary schools for the effectiveness of students’ council. | en_US |