The impact of managerial competencies of heads of departments on students academic performance in secondary schools in Kamuli Municipality, Kamuli District, Uganda
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Date
2019-09
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
The study sought to examine the impact of managerial competence s of Heads of department
on students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Kamuli municipality, Kamuli
district. The main objective o the study was thus; to examine the influence of Team building
competences by HoDs on students’ academic performance, to assess the influence of planning
competences by HoDs on students’ academic performance, to analyze the influence of
organizing competences by HoDs on students’ academic performance, to determine the
influence of co-ordinating competences by HoDs on students’ academic performance as well
as to determine the influence of monitoring and evaluation competences by HoDs on students’
academic performance in Kamuli municipality in Kamuli district, Uganda. From the literature
review, the conceptual framework was drawn based on a set of five attributes, which may
have had impact on students’ academic performance. They were namely; Team building,
planning, organizing, co-ordinating and monitoring and evaluation which fonned the
dependent variables. The study recommends that HoDs should progressively and continually
grow in their knowledge; skills and competence by concentrating on on-going professional
development programs, to enable them stimulate and nurture their own professional growth
and that of other teachers. Evidently, teachers to grow their knowledge skills and competences
throughout their career hence instead of concentrating on programs that donate single training
event, HoDs should concentrate on a set of course, individual learning projects, conferences,
group discussion, problem solving activities, case studies and stimulation exercises. This
would eventually translate into enhanced students’ academic performance in the schools.
Description
A research report submitted to the college of education,
open distance and e-learning in partial fulfillment of the
requirements of the award for Bachelor
of Arts with Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Student's performance, Heads of department, Managerial competencies, Kamuli District