Worldwide, there has been a challenge in
having quality artificial classroom lighting. The purpose
of this research was to evaluate artificial classroom
lighting effects on public secondary school students’
health in Nairobi County of Kenya. Twenty (20)
secondary school principals, 100 teachers, 20 nurses and
409 public secondary school students were sampled for
study. The study used three questionnaires which had
been face and content validated to collect data.
Reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha of
0.822. The quantitative data was analyzed descriptively
and presented in form of tables and a figure. The study
found out that artificial classroom lighting in public
secondary schools in Nairobi County of Kenya made
students to suffer from eye itch, eye strain, visual
impairment, headaches and other eye related sicknesses.
The study recommended that artificial classroom
installation should meet the required health standards.
Keywords : Secondary School; Artificial Classroom Lighting; Health