ABSTRACT In Tanzania, the provision of education has been one of the most critical issues of government social policy after independence in 1961. However one of the aspects of the social pillar of the Tanzania Vision 2030 is education. Tanzania Vision 2030 points out education and training is an instrument to develop Tanzania to be a middle-income economy. Family background has been highlighted as of great important in moulding the performance of children in schools worldwide. This study sou...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study wasto assess the performance of solid waste collectors in Zanzibar. Specifically the study examined the existing system on solid waste management, the challenges facing solid waste management system, and the amount paid by the households for solid waste management and the period of payment for solid waste management in Stone Town, Zanzibar. A sample size of 65 respondents was selected for the study. Both primary and secondary data were used during the study...
ABSTRACT Despite the important role played by users (individuals) and organisations (LGAs) who play the role in revenue collection through the use of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) still there are challenges associated with revenue collections in LGAs. From this case, this study examined the influence of organisational and individual behaviours on the revenue collections of Dodoma City Council (DCC) and Singida Municipal Council (SMC). A total number of 178 revenue collectors from DCC and ...
ABSTRACT The study was put in place in order to accomplish four objectives. The objectives were; to understand the drivers of employee job satisfaction under the study area, to investigate if motivated employees become satisfied with their jobs, to investigate if satisfied employees become good performers and to assess the level of customer satisfaction with services rendered by employees. The study was conducted using explanatory case study design and was based at UDOM as the platform. Data...
ABSTRACT The study focused on factors influencing teacher turnover in public secondary schools in Monduli district. The study particularly sought to investigate factors influencing teacher turnover, impact of teacher turnover and strategies to retain. This study therefore investigated the factors responsible for this revolving door also called teacher turnover in public secondary schools in Monduli District. A sample size of 66 respondents was employed so as to get relevant and reliable info...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to examine the Contribution of heads of school in curbing teacher‟s misconduct in Tanzanian public secondary schools. It involves views and/or experience from different groups of stakeholders in education systems in Kilimanjaro Region, more specifically in Moshi Municipal Council. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches which were informed by a case study design. Data relevant to this study were collected through intervi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges facing financing of small-scale entrepreneurs in Kigoma-Ujiji Municipality, based on a case of oil palm and soap making producer. To achieve the desired results, the study used various techniques for data collection, like questionnaires, interviews, field observations and sampling techniques. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for data analysis. The study involved two categories of respondent namely small-scale entrepre...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine challenges faced by SMEs in accessing financial loans required to sustain and expand their operations, from financial institutions. A sample of ninety (90) SMEs was randomly selected from across a wide spectrum of industries was selected. Questionnaires containing both open-ended and close-ended questions, as well as interviews with the entities‟ managers, were used to collect data. It was found that very few SMEs succeeded in accessing funding from fin...
ABSTRACT This research aimed to study the contribution of small scale coffee farmers‟ groups in Mbozi district, Mbeya region. The specific objectives included, identifying the factors that influenced the coffee farmers‟ groups formation, delineating the roles of the coffee farmers‟ groups in the coffee production, processing and marketing, assessing the performance of the coffee farmers‟ groups in facilitating the group members in coffee production, processing and marketing and ident...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the contribution of faith based institutions to provision of social services in Kigoma/Ujiji Municipality. The study sought to provide an understanding on role of faith based institutions and the perception of Kigoma/Ujiji community on the services received from these institutions. The study employed various data collection methods. These methods comprises of survey whereby questionnaire as a tool were employed and interview. Random sampling technique a...
ABSTRACT Challenges of private sector in providing public service in Tanzania as a case study of health service in Kinondoni Municipality are a goal of this investigation. In fact, the government of Tanzania has engaged various actors in public services delivery. The situation is divisive and in fact raises a need to study the extent to which public receive better services after engagement of the sector. As its methodology the study employed cross sectional as research design and sample size...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the utility of climate change and variability information for rice farming in Babati district of Manyara region.The subjects in this study were 122, comprising of 97 rice farmers, 07 key informants and 18 members of FGDs. Primary data were collected through questionnaire and checklist. Multiple responses analysis, chi-square test, linear and logistic regression were used to analyze the collected data. The result showed that 95.1% of the respondent...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of this study was to examine the influence of innovations on beekeepers‟ livelihoods in Sikonge District in Tabora region. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) to characterize beekeeping innovations typologies in the district, (2) to examine beekeeping innovations processes and their associated adoption rates, and (3) to analyze the possible influence of innovations on beekeepers‟ livelihoods. A cross-sectional research survey, coupled with mixed ...
ABSTRACT Health insurance scheme is important in improving health finance in Tanzania. However, health insurance faces numerous difficulties including inadequate health services availability. This study attempted to assess the determinants of health insurance services provision among Accredited Drugs Dispensing Outlets (ADDOs) in Kilombero district. The objective of the study is to assess the social-economic factors affecting the response of private sector Accredited Drugs dispending Outlets...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the ineffective implementation of strategic plans in the MRLGHRD and identify possible remedies to improve the situation. The study was guided by four objectives and data were collected to answer the research questions. An administered questionnaire were used, both descriptive (qualitative) and quantitative data were collected and analysed in order to answer the questions of the study. The study also used a com...