Selemani, Halima
(2018)
The effects of Form Two
Secondary Education Examinations (FTSEE) on Academic Performance at
Ordinary Level Education: A Case of Selected Schools in Mbeya City.
Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of form Two Secondary Education Examinations
(FTSEE) in academic performance at ordinary level education in Mbeya City. The
study employed a total of six (6) school heads, 36 teachers and 180 students. The
study sought responses on the comparison between FTSEE and CSEE results before,
during and after FTSEE termination, the extent to which FTSEE results of particular
students correlated with CSEE results at a number of selected schools, the extent to
which both teachers and students perceived FTSEE as a motivation for performance
improvement in teaching and learning processes and finding out the merits and
demerits of FTSEE in academic achievement. The study employed both quantitative
and qualitative approaches. In the quantitative approach, the Pearson correlation
coefficient was used to measure the degree of correlation between FTSEE and CSEE
results. Qualitatively, questionnaires were used to collect information from
respondents. The obtained correlation coefficient values, most of which were
approaching 1.0, revealed that there was a significant correlation between FTSEE
results and CSEE results thus significant relationship between the two. Similarly,
findings from the questionnaires showed that the majority of perceived the existence
of the relationship between FTSEE results and those of the CSEE and city were
motivated by FTSEE to work hard in teaching and learning processes. The study
therefore concludes that screening FTSEE performance has a positive effect in CSEE
performance than screening FTSEE. Besides, the study recommends to the
Government and further study that, screening FTSEE should persist and to
emphasize on broad range of exams from quizzes to annual exams that contribute to
better CSEE for the whole country.
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