ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the effectiveness of School-Based Management (SBM) in improving the quality of Teaching and Learning in public primary schools, based on teachers’ quality and teaching and learning materials. The study employed a qualitative research approach. The area of the study was Serengeti district, Mara region. Data were collected through documentary review, observation, interviews and focus group discussion (FGD). Qualitative data gathered were subjected to ...
ABSTRACT Specifically the objectives of the study were to (i) determine the benefits of using EFDs in revenue collection (ii) examine the perceptions of taxpayers towards the use of EFDs machines in revenue collection and (iii) identify challenges towards the use of the EFDs in revenue collection. This study adopted the survey research design which was most appropriate as it entailed gathering of primary data from tax payers who using EFD machine in revenue collection. The population consist...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of relationship marketing in customer retention in NMB at Arusha City Council in Tanzania. The study was guided by four specific objectives which were to understand the relationship marketing strategies employed by NMB Bank, to assess customer‟s perception of relationship marketing strategies employed by NMB Bank, to investigate the level of retention in NMB Bank and to examine the impact of relationship marketing strategies on c...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the causes and consequences of drug abuse and addiction among women drug users in Zanzibar. Specifically, the study aimed at identifying various causes that lead women to start and get into drug use, characterizing the addiction stages that women drug users go through in their living, identifying the consequence of drug abuse and addiction on women who use drugs and eventually, this study investigates how government and other organization tak...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of Training programmes on Employees‟ Performance in the Public Sector in Tanzania, whereby TANROADS-Dodoma was used as a case study. The study was conducted so as to find out how training programmes enhance employees‟ work performance for quality outcomes. The review of the literature conducted explains and highlights the role of effective training and feedback, in improving the quality of task process which ultimately results in the improvemen...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the challenges facing PAYE tax payers taking SUMATRA Dar Es Salaam as a case study. The specific objectives of this study were to assess the administration of PAYE tax, the extent of tax burden and measures to improve payment of PAYE tax. This study employed a triangulation of approaches such as case study and cross sectional design. A total of 48 respondents -workers were randomly sampled to get data on the problem. Data collection was done throu...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the contribution of an outreach programme to the livelihood of communities adjacent SENAPA. Three specific objectives guided the study, that is, to explore perceptions of communities towards Outreach Programme (OP), to assess how the OP has improved livelihood; and to ascertain the challenges facing local communities living adjacent SENAPA. Four villages were involved in this study. These were Bisarara, Tamkeri, Gwikongo, and Bonchugu. The data...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing people‟s access to financial services in rural remote areas in Tanzania by taking Kilindi district as a case study. The study specifically focused on the performance of financial services in rural areas; determining the factors affecting rural people to have access to formal financial services and the risks that rural people face through using informal financial service providers. The study adopted cross sectional design so as to get the desired data...
ABSTRACT This research was conducted in Kilombero district in Morogoro region. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of joint forest management on livelihoods. The methods used in this study involved questionnaire; focus group discussion and observation to acquire relevant information. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) was used to analyze data which were then summarized into frequencies and percentages and presented in tables for more open understand...
ABSTRACT This study is to assess the extent of eco-tourism development in Zanzibar, concentrating on areas of Stone Town, Nungwi and Menai of Unguja Island. The main objective of the study was identifying out eco-tourism factors and strategies influencing eco-tourism development in Zanzibar. More specifically, the study examined influencing factors including inhibiting factor for eco-tourism development, favouring factors and challenges, strategies for eco-tourism and further potentials area...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to assess socio-economic factors influencing adoption of improved technologies for maize farming in Karatu District. Specifically the study identified the types of maize production technologies used in Karatu District; analyzed socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers in Karatu District and identified socio-economic factors for adoption of maize production technologies in Karatu District. The study employed both probability and non-probability sampling m...
ABSTRACT Using field data as well as secondary information, this study aimed at reviewing the operational mechanism of the existing formal and informal credit arrangements in Kongwa district in Dodoma region with the view to assess the performance in serving micro-enterprise sector with particular reference to crop farmers. The study aimed to examine the contribution of commercial banks and retail banks credits to crop farming productivity in Kongwa district. The study used cross-sectional s...
ABSTRACT Mangrove forests are most important coastal resource, requiring careful management when utilized as a resource. However, the existences of mangroves in Menai bay facing a major blow due to anthropogenic activities take place in the region. This dissertation therefore aims at examining the magnitude, and environmental impacts of mangrove deforestation in Menai Bay as a strategy for mangrove forest resource conservation in Menai Bay, Zanzibar. The study used different methods to captu...
ABSTRACT The importance of primary processing of coffee berries has attracted coffee farmers, processors, retailers and consumers. Thus quality and quantity both determine the price of coffee all over the world. In Tanzania, coffee regulatory authorities such as Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) and Tanzania Coffee Association (TCA) have been mobilizing farmers to use modern processing pieces of equipment to process their coffee so as to obtain better prices. The questionnaire, interview guide and...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted at SIO in Dodoma Region and the purpose is to analyse the effective of training and development programmes in the organizations. The study intends to address the following objectives; the importance of training and development programmes in the organizations, performance of employees after training courses, and challenges/ problems faced by both employers and employees before, during and after training courses. In order the study to be scientific, primary an...