An Investigation on Education Stakeholders’ contribution towards effective Teaching and Learning of English Language in Public Secondary Schools in Tabora Municipality

Augustine, Reinfrida (2023) An Investigation on Education Stakeholders’ contribution towards effective Teaching and Learning of English Language in Public Secondary Schools in Tabora Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was an investigation on education stakeholders‟ contribution towards effective teaching and learning of English language in public secondary schools in Tabora Municipality. Specific objectives were: to determine in which ways education stakeholders contribute towards effective teaching and learning of English language in public secondary schools; to explore the extent at which education stakeholders contribute towards effective teaching and learning of English language and to identify the challenges affecting education stakeholders‟ contribution towards effective teaching and learning of English language in public secondary schools in Tabora Municipality. The study adopted a mixed method research methodology with a case study design, a cross-sectional research design and used questionnaires, interview and documentary sources to collect data. The target population for this research was English language teachers and head of schools drawn from six public secondary schools in Tabora Municipality; school quality assurer as well as District Education Officer. It was from this population that 20 respondents were sampled for the study through purposive and simple random techniques. The results of this study revealed that apart from English language subject teachers‟ other education stakeholders contribute to a low extent towards effective teaching and learning of English language in public secondary schools studied. There are no sufficient English language teachings and learning materials supplied to schools and no regular in service training for teachers; school inspections were not conducted regularly. The study concludes that there is need for the government to involve each education stakeholder to contribute on teaching and learning English language. Keywords: Learning: Teaching: Education stakeholder: Stakeholder.

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