Performance indicators applied in the management of secondary schools

One of the concerns in education sector today is developing effective performance indicators in terms of level of application and importance. The purpose of this study was to establish the performance indicators applied in the management of secondary schools. Its objective was to identify key performance indicators perceived as critical in secondary school management and the level of application and importance in their use. The study population consisted of 200 secondary school managers out of which180 were selected by saturated sampling technique after using 20 for a pilot study. Data were collected using questionnaire. The instrument was constructed by the researchers and validated by three experts in research methods from Maseno University. Secondary school managers demonstrated use of wide range of performance which was financial and non – financial in nature. On financial indicators, revenue achieved (0.76) in level of importance and composite mean of (0.65). In non – financial indicators, enrolment growth was highly ranked and had composite mean of (0.72) and ranking in level of importance was (0.880, followed by parent satisfaction which had composite mean of 0.77 and level of importance was 0.72. The implication is that secondary school management needs to focus more on determinant result indicators.