Budgeting and education service delivery in Uganda: a case study of Wakiso District Local Government
| dc.contributor.author | Namulwasira, Shakira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-19T10:03:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-19T10:03:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-10 | |
| dc.description | A research dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was about budgeting and education service delivery in Uganda: a case study of Wakiso District Local Government. The study was guided by three obiectives that are: To establish how financial planning has helped Ken Products Ltd to increase its profitability. To identify the factors affecting education service delivery in Wakiso District, to analyze the funding of education service delivery in Wakiso District, to establish the contributions of budgeting towards education service delivery in Wakiso District Local Government, to examine the challenges facing budgeting for education in Wakiso District Local Government and to identify solutions to challenges facing budgeting for education in Wakiso District Local Government. A case study research design was used where both quantitative and qualitative methods ol’ data collection and analysis was also used. Purposive and simple random sampling was used to get a representative sample. The study found out that the sample constituted of 93 respondents of which 62.37% were males and the 37.63% remaining were females. This implies that males are the majority. This implies that the most respondents were men due to the societal beliefs that the males are hardworking and hence capable of handling budgeting issues with regard to education service delivery. Furthermore It was found that majority of the respondents were of the \‘ie\\ that local government in Wakiso conducts masters budget. The researcher concluded, that there are large variations in funds received between schools. Data on public spending reaching the schools showed also that schools in poorer communities tended to suffer more significantly from misuse of funds. Furthermore the budgeting provides a framework for decision making. An effective budget assists managers in choosing between multiple projects. Management should be allocating funds and resources to the projects highlighted in the budget(s). The researcher recommended that the government of Uganda should assist the district local governments in convincing for more funding from other sources such as the foreign governments. multilateral donors and international civil society organizations. This will help in reducing the gap that exists between the demand for basic services under health and education as well as important sectors such as roads. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/5645 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Budgeting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education service delivery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wakiso District Local Government | en_US |
| dc.title | Budgeting and education service delivery in Uganda: a case study of Wakiso District Local Government | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |