Abstract: Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutes grants central accountability in guaranteeing that the youth obtains technical expertise wanted for job occupation and national expansion. The government of Kenya has put first TVET as a way of handling youth unemployment and bond the expertise gap within labor market. Nevertheless, in the face of policy backing and augmented public investment, a lot of TVET institutions endure to face insistent performance difficulties amongst them lower student registration, disorganized resource use, insufficient funding, and weaker stakeholder commitment. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of influence of strategic planning practices on performance of TVET institutions in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. A descriptive design was applied. The target population was 144 respondents obtained from 24 chosen public TVET institutions in Uasin Gishu County through stratified sampling technique. The sample size was 44 respondents of the chosen institutions which comprised the institutional administrators and board team. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire. The investigation of quantitative data was by descriptive measurements. The inferential assessment approaches were correlation and multiple regression assessments. The study established that the strategic planning practices (β=0.521; p=0.002) of TVET institutions had contributed to a positive significant influence on their performance. The concludes that strategic planning practices provides a clear outline for objective setting, effective resource allocation and alignment of educational programs with local industry demands. The study recommends that the strategic planning practices can be improved through adoption of a comprehensive strategy that includes stakeholder commitment, capacity building, and data-led decision-making process.
Keywords: Strategic Planning Practice, Organizational performance.
Title: INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF TVET INSTITUTIONS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Janet Cherotich, Dr. Hilda Felistus Makhamara
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 14, Issue 2, April 2026 - June 2026
Page No: 307-312
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 30-May-2026
