The Role of School Management Committee in Improving Students' Academic Performance in Tanzania: A Case of Ward Secondary Schools in Temeke District, Dar-es salaam.

Mwanga, Neema Hamza (2023) The Role of School Management Committee in Improving Students' Academic Performance in Tanzania: A Case of Ward Secondary Schools in Temeke District, Dar-es salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Three objectives guided the study: Firstly, to analyze how SMC helps in improving school management, secondly, to examine how SMC facilitate citizens' and parents’participation in the management of the schools and thirdly, to identify how the SMC motivates teachers. The study employed a convergent parallel mixed method where a researcher used quantitative and qualitative data under a cross-sectional study design. The study also involved a sample of 61 respondents from 10 ward secondary schools found in Temeke district. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews and analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that SMCs are very active in day-to-day school supervision, monitoring capitation grants in cooperation with the school management and transparency with the community. Furthermore, SMCs played a great role in preparing and arranging parents' and teachers meeting which led to the improvement of student’s academic performance. Additionally, SMCs played a great role in maintaining good students’ behaviour and discipline for the improvement of students’ academic performance. The study concluded that, even though the results show that SMCs are ineffective in some areas such as providing allowances and training to the teacher, is still considered, and adopted as the key factor for the improvement of students’ academic performance. The study advocates teachers, parents, and the community to cooperate fully with the SMCs in managing the schools for the aim of improving students’ academic performances. For the school that does not formulate SMCs should do effectively for the better academic performance. Keywords: SMC, improving school management, motivates teachers, facilitate citizens' and parents

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