Student Short Biography
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Hezron Rumenya is an educator with seven years’ experience practising project planning, monitoring and evaluation in both government and non-governmental space. Previously, he worked under State Department of Planning as District Field Operations Assistant (DFOA) in West Pokot County and currently the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Coordinator in Madrasa Early Childhood Programme - Kenya, an affiliate of Aga Khan Foundation. It is here, he developed interest to pursue the masters’ programme in project planning and management with a view to ground his understanding in management of projects.
Thesis / Project Title
Influence of monitoring and evaluation systems on performance of projects in non-governmental organizations: a case of education projects in Mombasa County, Kenya
Thesis / Project Abstract
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This study examined the influence of monitoring and evaluation systems on performance of projects implemented by non-governmental organizations in the education sector in Mombasa County. Specifically, the study assessed how organizational structures, human capacity, project monitoring and evaluation plan and costed monitoring and evaluation work plan influences project performance in Non-Governmental Organizations in Mombasa County. A descriptive research design was adopted and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The study targeted project implementing teams in the twenty-two registered non-governmental organizations operating in Education sector in Mombasa County. The participants were voluntary sampled by self-administering of online based questionnaire. Collected data was downloaded from online database and processed using statistical software. The study established that the performance of projects in education sector significantly and positively correlated with organizational structures for M&E (r=0.639, p<0.05), human resource capacity for M&E (r=0.412, p<0.05) and project M&E plan (r=0.273, p<0.05). However, the performance of projects in education sector was found to have a weak positive correlation with M&E work plan where (r=0.015, p>0.05). A regression model of the predictors against the performance of projects in education sector yielded R-square value of 74.1 % leading to a conclusion that the four components under study influence project performance in education sector. The study recommends that the management of NGOs with technical support of focal M&E staff put in place mechanisms to further strengthen their existing systems for M&E. Also, further research can be explored on how M&E work plan influences project performance.
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Research Supervisors
Dr. Johnbosco Kisimbi
