


This study targeted all the principals in 186 public secondary schools in the Nandi County. This study employed a cross-sectional survey as a research strategy. This study was guided by Cost Function derived from the Education Production Function theory.

This study compares academic performance of learners in Day Secondary Schools and those in Boarding Secondary Schools in Nandi County, Kenya. Day schools have been associated to low performance at the national examinations. Given the rising cost of education, there has been a growing consensus of establishing Day Secondary School to provide school places for the increasing number of learners joining secondary level of education.
