School Boards and Head Teachers’ Management of Selected Secondary Schools in Nachingwea District, Tanzania
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2012-08
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Kampala International University, School of Education, Open and Distance and E-learning
Abstract
This study entitled school boards and headteachers’ management of Selected Secondary Schools, was carried out in Nachingwea District, Tanzania. It comprised of the following objectives: to determine the profile of the respondents as to age, education qualification and occupation; to examine the extent of the role of school boards; to determine the extent of the management of selected secondary schools in Nachingwea district; and to establish the relationship between the roles of school boards and the management of selected secondary ;schools in Nachingwea district, Tanzania. The researcher employed a descriptive research design. The target population was 134 respondents, and a total of 100 respondents were) purposely and randomly selected from 10 secondary schools. The findings of the study showed that majority of the respondents were male and majority were Diploma holders. The extent of the role of school boards was high, with a mean f 2.96; the extent of head teachers’ management of schools was high (mean=3.00); and that here was a significant relationship between school boards and head teachers’ management of elected secondary schools (p- value= 0.05). It was recommended that schools should employ ~ore qualified and experienced teachers, that the members of school boards should be relatively educated, and that the head teachers should give more time to their schools.
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Degree of Masters of Educational Management and Administration
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School Boards, Head Teachers’ Management, Secondary Schools