School- Community Partnership in Promoting Effective Teaching and Students’ Academic Performance.

Sisty, Emilian (2022) School- Community Partnership in Promoting Effective Teaching and Students’ Academic Performance. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the extent to which schools involve communities to support schools and how that partnership enhances school effectiveness, and students’ academic performance in Mvomero district. This study combined a quantitative approach and descriptive method to analyze data. Framed within management, scientific, and the Neo Classical Organization Theories, this study used correlation research design to assess there relationship between the schools that are supported by the community and those which do not in terms of school effectiveness, and students’ academic performance. It also examined the strategies that school management use to involve community to participate in supporting the school; and the obstacles that the school management faces in promoting community-school relationship. The study findings revealed that, the schools that had strong relationship with the community were more effective in managing the school and had higher students’ academic performance than those with weak relationship. The challenges related to the community include lack of thoughtful of the role of public in supporting the school education. The study also found the challenges related to the context to include poverty, where the majority of the community members survive below poverty line and thus, their focus was only on what to eat for their family survival. The study recommends for teacher professional development on the importance of transparency and effective strategies to entice the community to support the school. For the community, the study recommends training geared to educating the community on the importance of supporting the school for the benefits of their children and the community at large. For further studies, it is recommended that the coming scholars should extend this study to other communities to validate these findings. Key words: Community-school partnership, Effective teaching, Students’ performance, A primary school, academic performance

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