Administrative Factors and the Implementation of Education Management Information System in TVET Institution in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya

Abstract

An information system that provides information for the management of educational development and for effective decision-making, monitoring, and evaluation of education activities, is called an Education Management Information System (EMIS). The main purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which administrative factors influence the implementation of the Education Management Information System in TVET institutions in Trans Nzoia County. The theory applied in the study is the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). The research design that was adopted in the study was a mixed research design with a target population of 238 TVET instructors drawn from the 34 TVETS in Trans-Nzoia County. The study applied stratified sampling and the simple random technique through which a sample size of 149 instructors was drawn. Data collected through surveys, questionnaires, interview schedule and the observation of the system. Data was analyzed using a statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) Version 27.0. The multiple regression analysis models was developed to establish the relationship between dependent and independent variables while correlation was used to determine the strength of the relationship. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test significance of variance of one variable over the other. The results of the analysis revealed that administrative factor positively and significantly influence implementation of EMIS at r=.941**, P<.01.