School environment and psychological absenteeism of secondary school students in makete district, Tanzania
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2012-12
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Kampala international international: College of Education, open and distance learning
Abstract
This study explored school environment and psychological absenteeism of secondary school students in Makete District, Tanzania. The purpose of the study was to test the null hypothesis, validate the theory, identify gapes and generate new knowledge. The objectives of the study were to determine the profile of students, to determine the level of school environment, to determine the level of psychological absenteeism of students, to determine the significant difference in the level of the two variables according to the profile of students and to determine the significant relationship between the two variables. The study was descriptive survey research design and correlational. In this study, 298 respondents were involved. The findings of the study indicated that 93.6% of the students were in the age of under 20 years and 6.4% were in the age of 20-39 years. 50.3% of students were male and 49.7% were female students. About 61.45% of the students were in the low family income level, while 23.2% were in the middle family income level and only 15.4°k were in the high income level category. The level of secondary school environment is poor with average mean of 1.78. The level of psychological absenteeism of students is high with average mean of 1.80. The teenagers had a higher psychological absenteeism than the students with the age of above 20 years. The correlation between school environment and psychological absenteeism of students in Makete district, Tanzania is strong (0.67).The researcher recommended that teachers, Non-Governmental Organizations and the Ministry of education should work hand in hand with the community in order to improve school environment and reduce psychological absenteeism of students.
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A thesis presented to the college of higher degrees and research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of education in educational management and administration
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Educational management and administration, School environment, Psychological absenteeism, Secondary schools, Makete district