ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine challenges facing Head Teachers (HTs) in implementing Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in public primary school in Zanzibar West District Unguja. The study aimed at finding out roles of HTs in implementing FPE policy, challenges facing HTs in implementing FPE policy and strategies employed by HTs to overcome challenges. The study used cross-sectional survey design and was mainly qualitative supported by quantitative research approach. The d...
ABSTRACT The study investigated influence of LANES professional development programmes in enhancing numeracy and literacy skills, in public primary schools in Dodoma Municipality in Tanzania. The study was based on the Andragogy learning theory which guided the study to understand the LANES influential level on teachers‟ competencies in improving numeracy and literacy skills to children; the extent at which learned LANES professional skills have enhanced children‟s literacy and numeracy ...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to find out the impact of teacher absenteeism on pupils’ learning drawing inferences from Kigoma/Ujiji Municipal. The study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches in gathering, analyzing and presenting the data obtained from the field. Data collection methods employed in this study include questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. A sample of 69 respondents was drawn from the population of pupils, school academic masters, head t...
ABSTRACT This study primarily investigated the kinds of Learner Support Services (LSS) which are provided by the Institute of Adult Education (IAE) to secondary education through Open and Distance Learning (SE-ODL) students, specifically in Dodoma Region; it also measured the usefulness of these LSS to SE-ODL students and sought to find the best LSS that may be employed by IAE to SE-ODL students. The study was guided by Vygotsky‟s Social-Cultural Theory (SCT) and Holmberg‟s Theory of Dis...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the impact of mining activities on educational development. The theoretical frame work of this study was grounded on the Open System theory. Open System theory asserts that, a system does not exist in the vacuum. It is dependent on its environment in which it is established. Its implication is that, education development as a system depends on mining environment of Geita through which it was established. So mining environment, can affect educational devel...
ABSTRACT The discourse of quality in pre-primary education (PPE) programmes has gained prominence across the world and resulted into search for what it means as well as constituted from the stakeholders‟ understanding. This study explored the stakeholders‟ construction of quality of the PPE in Tanzania with special attention to policy as a discourse. The study was conducted in 15 public pre-primary schools of the Dodoma Urban District involving 21(two male and 19 female) PPE teachers, 10...
ABSTRACT This study examined the stakeholders‟ perceptions on the effectiveness of cost sharing policy in public Universities, a case of University Dodoma. The study employed a mixed approach where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Further, the study employed a cross sectional research design in data gathering whereas the system theory by Ludwig (1968) and partnership model by Reddy (2002) guided the study. Data were collected from 116 respondents through questionnair...
ABSTRACT The study intended to examine the Assessment of teacher‟s Management on students with single parent care towards academic performance in Secondary schools in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma Municipality. Specifically the study embrace to examine care and management provided by teachers and parents to student‟s with single parent in Dodoma municipality. Identify problems facing students with single parent care towards academic performance in Dodoma municipality and recommend policy op...
ABSTRACT Namibia has a small population of about 2.1 million but about 30 languages are spoken. English was chosen as the official language although it is only a home language to about 1.9% of the population. Moreover, English was also selected to be the language of instruction from Grade 4 up to the tertiary level. Studies indicate that English proficiency is poor amongst most Namibian teachers as well as learners and that teachers sometimes resort to mixing English with mother tongue dur...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of Assistive Technology Utilization on academic performance of pupils with disabilities primary schools in Dodoma and Dar es Salaam. The specific objectives of this study were to investigate on the availability and use of Assistive Technology Devices, relationship between Assistive Technology availability and academic performance, factors affecting Assistive Technology utilization, and to evaluate the perspectives of pupils with disabilities and ...
ABSTRACT This study deals with the perceptions and educational needs of learners at-risk of developing behaviours that may lead to school failure. Statement of the Problem: Namibian educators face ongoing pressure to improve student achievement at grade 10 level. This improvement depends on teachers’ and parents’ understanding of the educational needs of learners at risk of school failure. The purpose of this study is to investigate this understanding through the following research quest...
ABSTRACT This study sought to identify the causes of reading difficulties affecting reading English among Grade four (4) learners in the Ogongo circuit in Namibia. It followed a mixed research design approach. To obtain a representative sample of the population of primary schools, purposeful sampling was used, selecting three teachers and 92 learners from three schools of the 14 schools in the circuit. Both qualitative and quantitative data was obtained from lesson observations and from read...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges of learners with multiple disabilities in a special school setting. In order to collect in-depth information, this study followed a qualitative approach with an intrinsic case study design. Purposive, criterion sampling procedures were employed to select the participants. The sample consisted of thirty-three (33) respondents: a school principal, ten (10) teachers, three (3) hostel matrons and nineteen (19) learners w...
Abstract There are persistent problems with the graduation rates of black Occupational Therapy students. The transition from classroom to the practice-based component of occupational therapy education is particularly challenging, and yet, very little research has been conducted on students’ learning in this area. This study explores learning processes in practice education as experienced by African language speakers studying occupational therapy in a relatively elite English medium uni...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of School-Based In-service education and training on teacher’s competence to support learners to acquire the intended competences in primary schools in Magu District. The study was underpinned by constructivist curriculum theory and outcome based evaluation model. The study sought to achieve three objectives: assessing and critically analysing the strengths and limitations of school-based INSET program, determining the behavioural changes among benef...