Conflicts and their resolution strategies in private secondary Schools in Kampala District of Uganda
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2008-08
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
Many private schools were closed due to poor conflict resolution system and there was no clear conflict resolution technique. This study was conducted to help private schools to solve conflicts in a better way to ensure conflict free environment in the school system and to develop suitable conflict resolution techniques that guide managers, teachers, and students. The study was done in Kampala district in five randomly selected private secondary schools out of ten top private secondary schools. Fifty students and thirty teachers participated as respondents. Questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected respondents of both sexes to include teachers and students. The researcher performed both qualitative and quantitative research designs and applied percentages, tables, graphs, and pie charts to analyze the finding. Female respondents dominated this study. Thus, majority of the teachers in private schools were female teachers. However, most of the head teachers were male teachers. The finding of this study clearly showed the most common causes of conflict as finance related, school material shortage, and unclear roles of school managers. Therefore, the study recommended that there should be clear roles of school managers, provision of school materials, and separate functions of school management and finance management. Moreover, this study was conducted in Kampala district only and the researcher recommended for further studies to cover the whole Uganda
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A dissertation submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Educational Management and Administration of Kampala International University
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Conflicts, Conflicts resolution strategies, Private secondary Schools, Kampala District, Uganda