Subsidiary Sources of Funds to Minimise Financial Constraints on School Budget in Kenya

Abstract

Although various studies have been conducted on special education needs, few researchers have narrowed down to focussing on specific categories of these institutions, particularly the secondary schools for the Hearing impaired. Rev. Muhoro School for the deaf has a unique feature over the other two secondary schools for the deaf, Kuja School for the deaf and the Mumias Girls for the deaf, in that it is an integrated institution. Most of the Hearing Impaired students rely heavily on sponsors and Government school budget allocations. These at times fail to release the funds on time, leaving the school crippled. It is thus evident that the government and household income alone cannot squarely and adequately meet the entire financial needs for the National education sector. This factor and other related predicaments has prompted the researcher to address the situation of subsidiary finances in special education and hence the statement of the problem that ‘subsidiary sources of funds to minimise financial constraint on school budget in Rev. Muhoro School for the deaf in Nyeri, district’. The study used a case study design because of the number of such schools and the distance connecting them. The selected locale was more representative than any other secondary school for the hearing impaired students. The study has focussed on; finding out how the institution is financed, examined whether the finances available are able to meet the running of the institution, examined the challenges encountered by the administration on the planning of the allocated finances in the institution, explored on alternative ways of earning extra finances so as to ensure smooth and uninterrupted learning of these institutions.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n5p305