ABSTRACT The current study sought to assess community attitude towards the relevance of community education programmes in Wete District in Zanzibar. Thus, the specific objectives of this study were to Explore the community perceptions on the relevance of community education in Wete district, determine the relationship between demographic factors and community perceptions towards community education, assess socio-cultural and economic factors associated with community participation towards c...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of school physical environment on students' academic performance in Tanzanian Government secondary schools. The study is built on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory by the Psychologist, Abraham Harold Maslow in 1943. This study employed qualitative approach with some aspects of quantitative data. Descriptive case study design wasused to generate data from 146 participants who responded through questionnaires, interviews, and focus group discus...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of democratic leadership style and primary school teachers‘ work morale in Tanzania. The study conducted in Manyara region in Kitto district. Cross-section design with a mixed approach was used. Interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussion and documentary are tools used to gather information. Also simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used. The sample comprised of 70 respondents from five categories....
ABSTRACT This study focused on exploring stakeholders’ commitment to the implementation of student - teacher enrichment programme in Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed at investigating the stakeholders’ attitude towards STEP in primary schools, to determine the impact of STEP on pupils’ performance in primary schools and propose the possible strategies to enhance the implementation of STEP in the primary schools. The study used qualitative paradigms in data collection and data ana...
Abstract: For about a decade, Tanzania has intensely focused on developing literacy and numeracy skills in pre-primary and early grades programs. Recently, the attention has shifted towards the significance of teaching Science, Mathematics, Technology and Science (STEM) in the early years. To enhance the 21st century skills necessary for building a middle income and knowledge-based economies, the existing empirical evidence emphasizes the need for STEM education starting from pre-primary lev...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the STEP contribution to English teaching in community-based secondary schools. The reason behind for doing so was due to the government of Tanzania through the MoEST that decided to invest much on 4 subjects: Mathematics, Biology, English and Kiswahili that were revealed to be poorly performed in 2012. The government then came with STEP programme as a strategy towards improving students‟ performance as well as improving teaching. The study was co...
ABSTRACT This study assessed how the use of internet-enabled phone influences academic achievement of secondary students in Dodoma City. Specifically, the study aimed at determining the prevalence, analyzing the major use and assessing the influence of internet-enabled phone on academic achievement among secondary school students in Dodoma city. The study used mixed research approach and was conducted through cross-sectional survey design. The data were collected using questionnaire and inte...
ABSTRACT The paper discussed the technological industry ' s perception of risk associated with its activities and the extent to which the industry uses management techniques. This was achieved on the basis of oral interviews conducted on a random sample of thirty (30) respondents comprising of technologists and contractors / suppliers in Oyo and Osun States. The results showed that though, little is relatively known about risk management among the technologists and contractors, greatest prio...
ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to assess teachers‟ preparation for teaching pupils with visual impairment in inclusive classrooms in Tanzania. A cross-sectional design was employed as well as a qualitative approach with some elements of quantitative approach. Data were collected through documentary review, interviews, questionnaires and observation which involved 45 respondents. This sample was obtained through purposive sampling, simple random sampling and stratified ran...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to assess the influence of Catholic owned secondary schools’ heads’ motivation towards management of students’ holistic development. Specifically, the study was guided by four objectives targeting first, informants’ understanding of Catholic Church policy’s guideline on holistic development of students; second, school heads’ management of social dimension; third, heads of schools’ promotion of intellectual aspect, and four; how heads of schools ...
ABSTRACT This study is about assessment of the implementation trend of learner-centred approach in English language primary school classrooms in Tanzania. It explores the strategies used by primary school teachers in teaching and learning, assesses the extent to which the strategies that teachers used reflect learner-centred approach in English language teaching in primary school classrooms as well as explores teachers’ opinion on the effectiveness of the strategies used in the implementat...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to understand effectiveness of school climate in improving the quality of secondary education in Public schools in the Bukoba Municipality, Tanzania. The study was dominated by qualitative approach, and supported by quantitative research approach by adopting correlational research design in order to investigate the influence of effective school climate and quality secondary education improvement. Open System Theory was used as guiding theory to th...
Abstract This paper presents the findings on teachers’ attitudes towards the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool in secondary schools in Tanzania. Within this broad aim, the paper provides a better understanding of ICT as a pedagogical tool. The development of this study was influenced by various concerns of educational stakeholders about the level of teachers’ competence on the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool. The data collection methods involved questionnaire and interview. A total of 8...
ABSTRACT Indiscipline behaviour among teachers has been reported in both developed and developing countries. It is obvious these teachers indiscipline behaviour affects teaching and learning process and school administration. The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher‟s indiscipline behaviour, the grounds and influences in public secondary schools in Bariadi Town Council. The study was mainly a mixed approach. It was basically a phenomenology research design conducted in four pub...
ABSTRACT This study investigated influences of gender towards career maturity among secondary school students in Zanzibar: A case of Magharibidistrict. Participants of this study were obtained through stratified random as well as purposive random sampling techniques. Total sample of the current study comprised of 124 participants whereby 20 were teachers, 20 were parents and 84 were students related to public secondary schools.Moreover, the study employed an ethnographic design.Data were col...