Description
The aim of the study was to find out the relationship between implementation of Safety Standards
and Guidelines for Physical Infrastructure in public mixed boarding secondary schools in
Nakuru County, Kenya. The study was guided by Invitational Theory by Purkey and Schmidt and
Systems Theory by Von Bertalanffy. The target population comprised of 16 principals, 18 deputy
principals and 2130 Form 4 students drawn from all 16 public mixed boarding secondary
schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sample
size comprised of 327 Form 4 students. A census approach was used whereby, all the 16
principals and 18 deputy principals were used for the study. The population of the study was
clustered into 9 sub counties. Stratified sampling technique was used to categorize the
population into three strata namely principals, deputy principals and Form 4 students. The
principals and deputy principals were selected using purposive sampling technique, while the
students were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data from students was
collected by use of questionnaires, while that from principals and deputy principals was
collected using interview schedules. The researcher also used observation checklist to determine
the level of implementation of the selected Safety Standards Guidelines in the schools. Data analysis was done using tools in the SPSS version 22. Analysis involved computation of descriptive
statistics: frequencies and percentages, and inferential statistics: Pearson Correlation and
Regression coefficients. The data was then presented in tables and textually. The study
established that implementation of Safety Standards and Guidelines for Physical Infrastructure
does not have statistically significant relationship on student safety in public mixed boarding
secondary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya.
Key words: Implementation, Safety Standards and Guidelines, Safety Standards and
Guidelines for Physical Infrastructure, Student Safety.
