Community involvement and performance of secondary schools in Khabutola Sub-County Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda
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Date
2019-09
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Kampala International University, College Of Education, Open,Distance And E-Learning
Abstract
The purpose of study is to establish the effect of community involvement on performance of
secondary schools the objectives were examine the ways of community involvement in
management of secondary schools, to establish the contributions of community in performance
of the secondary schools and to determine the challenges faces in community involvement in the
performance of secondary schools. The study was conducted in Khabutola Sub-County in
Manafwa district, the study adopted a descriptive survey research designs base on entirely
quantitative research design. The data was collected from 50 respondents who were the parents
and local leaders of Khabutola Sub-County. The study findings reveal that whereas the
community provides involvement in schools, the ways of participation are quite limited. The
community makes some few contributions to the performance of the secondary schools and is
limited by poverty of the communities and lack of policy for involving community in
participating in the schools. The study on the findings included that there are different
mechanisms of community involvement in the management of the schools thought this are high
limited, the study further conclude that the community participates in performance of schools
through provision of land, funding and some school needs. There is limited degree of parents’
awareness in schools management, lack of policy requiring or supporting community
involvement, lack of society mobilization by education institutions and limited performance
dimension in management of education sector. The study recommends that there is a need to
orient and educate or the stakeholders on their responsibility of participating in decision making
process in schools as well as ensure transparency and accountability of the funds they help to
raise. The study recommends deliberate involvement of the community in affairs of the school.
The study recommends that policy formulation on matters on management of secondary schools
should be all inclusive so that it can address the societal needs. Therefore, the Ministry of
Education ought to formulate a structure that allows for community participation at policy
formulation stage to implementation and maintenance.
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A research report submitted to College Of Education, Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor Of Arts With Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Community involvement, Secondary schools, Khabutola Sub-County, Manafwa District, Eastern Uganda