The Role of Headmasters/ Headmistresses in Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study in Kinondoni District

Kisovu, Ezekiel S. (2019) The Role of Headmasters/ Headmistresses in Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance: A Case Study in Kinondoni District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This research examined the role of headmasters/headmistresses in enhancing secondary school students’ examination performance in Kinondoni district. Although many studies have been done by researchers few of them studied the extent and assessment of headmasters/headmistresses’ role in enhancing secondary school students’ examination performance in CSEE. The objective of the study was to understand the role of headmasters/mistresses in enhancing students’ examinations performance. The samples for the study were consisted of 29 respondents of which seventeen were teachers and twelve students who were selected from four secondary schools in the District. The data were collected through interview, questionnaire and documentary analysis. The interview obtained the information about the extent to which headmasters/mistresses’ supervision role influences the students’ academic performance in CSEE. Finally, the documentary analysis method generated information on the techniques used by headmasters/mistresses to involve parents in enhancing students’ academic performance. The research found that the role of the headmaster/headmistress rarely enhanced the secondary school students in improving examination performance. The unfavourable academic environment in which the tasks were performed was triggered by lack of funds, facilities and less of parents’ commitment. This study concludes that, lack of improvement of secondary school students’ academic performance as linked to the role of headmasters/ headmistresses is the impact of education system. The study recommends for the government to extend more support to secondary schools so as to improve school supervision, resources, teaching and learning facilities. vii TABLE OF

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