ABSTRACT
This study sought to investigate the roles of school boards in managing teachers
discipline problems in secondary schools, where Rorya District was taken as a case
study. The study was guided by McGregor Theory X and Y. The study adopted
across sectional survey design. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques
were used to obtain five (5) schools and fifty six (56) respondents respectively.
The study employed both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods by the
use of open-ended questionnaire, semi structured interviews and documentary
review. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively and the results were
presented through tables, graphs, percentages, frequencies and in narrative forms.
The findings for this study shows that absenteeism was the most indiscipline
committed by teachers, it led by 33 (58.9%) others were sex violation, doing
business during working hours among others. The most methods used by school
management to manage teachers misconducts were, warning, others methods were
provision of laws and regulations and disciplinary transfer among others. The study
also found that the challenges for effective teachers discipline management by
school boards were of managerial skills among board members, poor support from
the DEO, TSD and inspectors. The most suggested solutions to overcome the above
challenges were effective training of board members among others. And
recommendations made were to review the Education Act, with the view to
empower the school boards to make them deal determinatively with cases of errant
teachers as it is stipulated in the Educational Act of 1995, to provide training and
they should be paid well to motivate them.
Onoka, J (2021). The Role Of School Boards In Managing Teachers Discipline In Public And Private Secondary Schools: A Case Of Rorya District. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-role-of-school-boards-in-managing-teachers-discipline-in-public-and-private-secondary-schools-a-case-of-rorya-district
Onoka, James "The Role Of School Boards In Managing Teachers Discipline In Public And Private Secondary Schools: A Case Of Rorya District" Afribary. Afribary, 27 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-role-of-school-boards-in-managing-teachers-discipline-in-public-and-private-secondary-schools-a-case-of-rorya-district. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Onoka, James . "The Role Of School Boards In Managing Teachers Discipline In Public And Private Secondary Schools: A Case Of Rorya District". Afribary, Afribary, 27 Apr. 2021. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-role-of-school-boards-in-managing-teachers-discipline-in-public-and-private-secondary-schools-a-case-of-rorya-district >.
Onoka, James . "The Role Of School Boards In Managing Teachers Discipline In Public And Private Secondary Schools: A Case Of Rorya District" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 21, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-role-of-school-boards-in-managing-teachers-discipline-in-public-and-private-secondary-schools-a-case-of-rorya-district