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 surve~ 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 deli cry 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 governemni 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 stud~ 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.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLE ix

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS x

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE i

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction

1 .1 Background of study

1 . 1 Historical perspective

1.1.2 Theoretical perspective 3

1.1.3 Conceptual perspective 3

1.1.4 Contextual perspective 4

1 .2 Problem statement 4

1.3 Research Objectives 6

1.4 Research questions 6

1.5 Hypothesis 6

1.6 Scope of the study 7

1.7 Operational Definitions of Key Terms 7

1.8 Significance of the study 8

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CHAPTER TWO .9

LITERATURE REVIEW 9

2.0 Introduction 9

2.1 Theoretical review C)

2.2 Conceptual framework 10

2.3 Review of related literature 11

2,3.1 Effect of administrative decentralization on education service delivery 11

2.3.2 Effect of political decentralization on education service delivery 13

2.3.3 Effect of fiscal decentralization on education service delivery 20

2.4 Related studies 21

2.5 Research gap 25

CHAPTER THREE 26

METHODOLOGY 26

3.1 Introduction 26

3.2 Research design 26

3.3 Research population 26

3.3.1 Sample Size 27

3.4 Sampling techniques 27

3.5 Data collection methods 28

3.6 Research Instruments 28

3.7 Data Gathering Procedures 28

3.8 Data analysis 29

3.9 Limitations of the study 29

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CHAPTER FOUR .~1

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATiON OF RESULTS 31

4.0 Introduction 3

4.1 Profile of respondents 31

4.2 Descriptive analysis 33

4.2.1 Extent of decentralization 33

4.2.2 Secondary education service delivery 37

4.3 Regression Analysis 40

CHAPTER FIVE 46

DISCUSSIONS, CONLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 46

5.0 Introduction 46

5.1 Discussions 46

5.1.1 Objective one; the effect of administrative decentralization on secondary education

service delivery in Benadir region, Somalia 46

5,1.2 Objective two: the impact of political decentralization on secondary education service

delivery in Benadir region, Somalia 47

5.1 .3 Objective three: the influence of fiscal decentralization on secondary education service

delivery in Benadir region. Somalia 4$

5.2 Conclusions 4$

5.3 Recommendations 49

5.4 Contribution to the knowledge 50

5.5 Areas for further research 50

REFERENCES 51

APPENDICES 54

APPENDIX I: TRANSMITTAL LETTER 54

APPENDIX II: QUESTIONAIRES 55