| dc.description.abstract | In Kenya, weaknesses in human resource planning has affected training and deployment of teachers and .thus distorted their distribution and utilization. In Butula Sub-County, there is uneven distribution of the teacher resource across the various categories of public secondary schools yet availability of teachers to implement any curriculum in any institution of learning is very vital. The purpose of this study therefore was to analyze the staffing policy, the procedure for recruitment and selection of teachers and the effect it has on teacher distribution in Butula sub-county, Kenya. The study was grounded in Self-Discrepancy Theory as developed by Tory Higgins (1987) and adapted by Malusu (1990). The objectives of this study were: to determine the procedure of teacher recruitment and selection used in public secondary schools in Butula sub-county; establish the challenges in teacher recruitment and selection in public secondary schools in Butula sub-county; establish the effect of staffing policy on teacher distribution in public secondary schools in Butula sub-county and to find out strategies that could be used to enhance fair distribution of teachers in public secondary schools. The Descriptive survey research design was used to collect information from a study population of 164 teachers, 23 principals and 2 staffing officers. Saturated sampling technique was used to select the entire study population as the sample size. Questionnaires were used to collect data from secondary school teachers and principals while interviews were administered to the Sub-County Staffing Officer and seven selected principals. Reliability of the instruments was established through a pilot study in two schools and a coefficient of r=0. 7 48 was reported. On the other hand validity of the instruments was determined by the expert judgment of the lecturers in the School of Education, JOOUST University. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. The test of significance was computed at a= 0.05.The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used to analyze the data. For the qualitative data a thematic analysis approach was used. The study found out that there was significant relationship between staffing policy and teacher distribution. Although the staffing policy was in use it was generally not effective and consequently there was unfair distribution of teachers in secondary schools. The procedure for recruitment and selection of teachers was guided by the TSC staffing policy in most schools. The study further established that the teacher recruitment and selection in public secondary schools is faced by a number of challenges which makes the staffing policy ineffective. As a result there was lopsided distribution of teachers across the schools, departments and even subjects in the sub-county. The study therefore recommends that the Ministry of Education should undertake adjustments to the policy and structure of operation so as to enhance the effectiveness of the policy, Teachers Service Commission to step up supervision and monitoring of the entire process of staffing schools and address the challenges so as to ensure effectiveness in the implementation of the policy. | en_US |