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Abstract:A growing body of research has emphasized the importance of school leadership practice for quality improvement in schools. Little attention has been paid to establish the influence of principals’ perception and leadership practices when the ministry and schools reorganize the leadership team with the purpose of improving students’ performance. As such, this study provides additional insight into how teachers’ perception of the influence of principals’ transformational leadership practice on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools. Descriptive survey research design was utilized to gather information from 276 teachers and 20 principals. Schools were non-proportionately stratified according to the 6 sub-counties. From the study, school principals exercised transformational leadership behaviours implying that transformational leadership practice have a direct effect on student achievement and as such generate pride among followers. Additionally, teachers are inspired by principals who engage them with the schools mission, encouraging staff to come-up with new initiatives and maintaining high performance standards.

Keywords:Perception, Influence, Transformation Leadership, Practice, Academic and Performance. 
Title:Teachers Perception of the Influence of principals' Transformational Leadership Practice on Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools
Author:Emily Jebii Cherogony, Gilbert Kipkoech Tonui
ISSN 2350-1049
International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS)
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Abstract:The global food system is experiencing profound changes in consumption patterns, especially in the increasing demand for livestock products, leading to worldwide growth in intensive livestock production. There is an increasing need for adequate feed materials which need to be wholesome and safe for the animal as well as free of undesirable or toxic substances that could compromise the quality and safety of animal-derived foods. The most common biological hazards are zoonotic bacterial pathogens that enter the food chain via contaminated feeds and poor hygienic conditions at the farm level. Potential contaminants in feedstuffs include residues of persistent pesticides, brominated compounds or other environmental contaminants such as the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxins as well as heavy metals including mercury, lead, or cadmium and natural toxins, such as mycotoxins. Various factors: biological, chemical, and physical hazards need to be evaluated regarding their impact on animal health and productivity as well consumer safety. Advancement in feed safety assessment can be achieved only through multidisciplinary approaches involving agriculture, feed processing and technology, animal nutrition, microbiology, toxicology, veterinary medicine and related disciplines.

Keywords:Global food system, hazards, animal feed safety, safe food and human health.
Title:ANIMAL FEED SAFETY: AN OVERVIEW
Author:Boradiya, P.C., Savsani, H. H., Odedra, M. D., Patil, S. S., Gohil, B.C., Trivedi, S. P., Patel, J. A.
ISSN 2350-1049
International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS)
Paper Publications