Board of Management Level of Education and Administrative Experience: Predictors of School Budgetary Processes in Public Secondary Schools in Kangundo Sub-County, Kenya

Budgetary processes are universal and essential tools for effective financial planning and management. Budgetary processes help in the establishment of predestined goals, giving progressive performance reports and evaluation of actual performance in terms of predetermined outputs. The objective of the study was to establish the influence of the Board of Management education level and administrative experience on school budgetary processes. The study applied the Systems theory propounded by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in 1940s and 1950s. The study adopted mixed methods approach inclusive of both quantitative and qualitative methods designs and targeted Principals, Teachers, B.O.M members and (1) County Auditor. The sample size consisted of 12 Principals, 32 teachers,83 B.O.M members and (1) County Auditor who were sampled using both purposive to sample the principals and the county auditor and stratified random sampling technique applied for sampling both the schools and B.O.Ms members. The process of collecting data was run through interviews and questionnaires. Instruments’ validity was ascertained by seeking expert guidance from the university supervisors. The instruments’ reliability was ascertained by conducting a pilot study. Ethical consideration was apprehended where the researcher presented a research permit and informed consent to participants and confirmed that the study participation was voluntary and the obtained data would only be used for the purposes of the study. Statistical package for social sciences was applied in the data analysis process where both descriptive and inferential statistics were analysed to determine the existing relationship by the use of frequencies, mean and standard deviation. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and inferential statistics were used to demonstrate the level of significance among the study variables. The findings of the study were that education level influences budgetary processes to a great extend with a correlation of r (76) =0.665, p (0.000) <0.05). On administrative experience the study found that it influences the participation rate in the school budgetary processes moderately with a significant correlation of r (76) =0.479, p (0.000) <0.05). The research concluded that both education level and administrative experience influences budgetary processes. The survey suggest that further studies should be done on the influence of professional training of B.O.Ms on Budget controls and Principals technical skills on Budgetary process in public secondary schools.