ABSTRACT
Performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) since the inception of free public day secondary Education in the public day secondary schools have been decimal, a situation many said to be sad and wanting. The students from the 50% population that lives below the poverty line attend day secondary schools -which form the basis of their Education advancement. The researcher will found out negative impacts of free public day secondary education and try to find out how the impacts have contributed to be decimal performance of the students. Then necessary recommendations will be made to the Government of Kenya, the Ministry of Education, the Teachers' service Commission and the management committees to devise new methods and approaches in the implementation of free public day secondary education in order to achieve their Educational goals for all. The study will be carried out in ten public day secondary schools in Getembe Division, KISll central district-Kenya.