Assessment of the Implementation of Internal Quality Assurance in Public Community Secondary Schools in Tanzania

Kitosi, Flora G. (2021) Assessment of the Implementation of Internal Quality Assurance in Public Community Secondary Schools in Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

vi ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of internal quality assurance in Tanzania secondary schools. Specifically, the study aimed to explore stakeholders’ perceptions of IQA in public secondary schools, to assess the role of IQA in public community secondary school and identify challenges facing implementation of IQA in public secondary schools. The study was conducted at Kahama town council, where mixed method approach (quantitative and qualitative data) and Descriptive research design were employed. The sample involved district quality assurers, heads of community secondary schools, community secondary schools’ teachers and students in Kahama town council who were 13390 in total. Questionnaires and interviews were used for data collection. The findings indicate that, stakeholders have good perceptions regarding internal quality assurance. The challenges facing implementation of IQA in public secondary schools are: internal quality assurer have no enough knowledge concerning IQA, lack of guideline for conducting IQA, lack of IQA stationeries, lack of motivation to internal quality assurance, linkage of internal IQA to decision making and funding is not clear, lack of training human resources (lack of seminar), lack of commitment in doing the IQA, teachers and students lack enough awareness on IQA, and poor feedback delivery. The study recommends that the government and shareholders must take measures to wards elimination of challenges facing IQA, therefore effective instruction delivery and quality education. Key words: Internal quality assurance, quality assurance, community

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