Decentralization and Secondary Educational Service Delivery in Banadir Region-Somalia

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to assess the practice of decentralized and educational service delivery in Bandir Region Somalia and thereby identify the strengths and weaknesses so as to provide alternative recommendations to the identified problems. A descriptive survey method was employed to carry out the study. Questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument while documents were also employed. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated; indicated that administrative decentralization significantly affects secondary education service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia, findings revealed that there is a significant effect political decentralization has on secondary education service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia, and findings of this study proved a positive significant effect fiscal decentralization has on secondary education service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia. The conclusions of the study included; administrative decentralization contribute to secondary education service delivery in Benadir region-Somalia, high levels of political decentralization improve the level of secondary education service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia and poor political decentralization system reduces it, and finally good fiscal decentralization increases the level of secondary education service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia and poor fiscal decentralization system reduces it. The study recommended that; the central government of Somalia should transfer enough financial resources to the local government of Benadir region, this can be done by providing enough secondary education funds through district officials, and this will help all the children in Benadir region to have access to government education services, the local government of Benadir region to always involve community members during financial resource allocation, this will also lead to efficiency during the developmental secondary education projects introduced by the central governemnt of Somalia. The contribution to knowledge was; Being based on decentralization and education service deliveries, this research is borne stone for the academic knowledge this study is considered as a permanent strategy geared towards improving the performance of education in public and private sector, it is therefore departed from the commonly accepted ways of evaluating education service delivery reforms that have been undertaken so far as it seeks to develop a proper understanding of the relationship between decentralization and educational Decentralization service delivery. 1 CHAPTE