School Management Practices and Students Academic Performance in Selected Private Secondary Schools in Bosaso, Puntland Somalia

ABSTRACT 

The study investigated the relationship between school management practices and student’s academic performance in selected private secondary schools in Bosaso District, Puntland Somalia. The study objectives included; determining the profile of the respondents, the relationship between teacher motivation and student’s academic performance, the relationship between student’s motivation and student’s academic performance, the extent to which school education quality control has influenced student’s academic performance. The study employed a cross-sectional correlation research design using mainly a quantitative approach on a sample of 153 subjects selected from three private secondary schools of Hamdan secondary school, Najah secondary School and Shafi’e secondary School in Bosaso District consisting of head teacher, teachers, and students. Data was collected using a questionnaire scored on five point likert scale. Data collected was processed using SPSS and was analyzed using frequency, percentages, graphs, correlation and regression analyses. The study found that teacher motivation; student’s motivation and education quality control had a significant relationship with student’s academic performance. The study concluded that teacher motivation, student’s motivation and education quality control are prerequisites for student’s performance. The study recommended that to achieve good student’s academic performance in secondary education, the government of Puntland, private school administrators, teachers, NGOs and other stakeholder should ensure that there is effective teacher and student’s motivation, and education quality control. Other studies need to be carried out to examine the extent to which learning environmental has influenced student’s performance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter page

One THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

Background of the Study -4

Statement of the Problem -6

Purpose of the Study -6

Research Objectives -7

Research Questions -7

Hypothesis -8

Scope of the study -9

Significance of the Study -10

Operational Definitions of Key Terms -11

Two REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction -12

Theoretical review -18

Conceptual framework -20

Teacher Motivation and students

Academic performance -29

Students Motivation and their

Academic performance -34

Education Quality Control and students

Academic performance -40

Conclusion -40

Three METHODOLOGY

Introduction -41

Research Design -41

Research Population -42

Sample Size and sample technique -43

Research Instrument -44

Validity and Reliability of the Instrument -46

Data Gathering Procedure -47

Data Analyze -47

Ethical Considerations -48

Limitations of the studies -48

Four PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Introduction -49

Profile of the respondents used in the study -49

Profile of the head teachers and teachers -52

profile of students -54

Teacher motivation and students

Academic performance -54

Teacher motivation -58

Student’s academic performance -64

Correlation results between teacher motivation and student’s academic performance -65

Regression results between teacher motivation and student’s academic performance -68

Student’s motivation and their

Academic performance -72

Correlation results between students

Motivation and their academic performance -74

Regression results between student’s motivations

And their academic performance -76

Education quality control and students

Academic performance -80

Correlation results between education

Quality control and Student’s academic

Performance -82

Regression results between education quality

Control and student’s academic performance -85

Five FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS

Findings -89

Conclusions -90

Recommendations -91

References -100

APPENDICES

Appendix I: Transmittal letter -101

Appendix II: Research instruments

Questionnaire -108

Appendix III: student’s scores -109

Appendix IV: Researcher’s curriculum vitae -111