To Assess the Effect of Fee Free Education Program on Students Enrollment And Academic Achievement in Tanzania: A Case of Selected Secondary School in Dar es Salaam

Moses, Akyoo Peter (2020) To Assess the Effect of Fee Free Education Program on Students Enrollment And Academic Achievement in Tanzania: A Case of Selected Secondary School in Dar es Salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study was about impact of the free fee education program (FFEP) to the students’ enrolment and academic performance in the public lower secondary schools. Primary data was collected from ten public and ten nonpublic schools selected in the city of Dar es Salaam. Secondary data was collected from annual performance reports published by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT). The study covered a period of three years before adoption of FFEP (2013-2025) and period of three years after adoption of the program (2017-2019). Descriptive statistics, chi squire statistics, and binary logistic regression were used in the data analysis. The study founded that generally enrollment rate of students in form I to form IV had been slowly declined at the rate of 2% per year. But after adoption of this program gross enrollment of students in the lower secondary has gradually increased at the rate of 10% per year. However, public schools reported high level of increase students’ enrollment compared to nonpublic schools. This indicated that FFED attracted some parents/guardians to shift their children from nonpublic to public schools. Concerning students’ performance the study noted that performance of students in the public schools had highly improved in both form II and form IV after adoption of FFEP compare to the period before it. For the nonpublic schools small performance improvement was reported among form IV students while performance of form II students in the nonpublic schools appear to drop a little bit after FFEP came into action. In general, the study acknowledged that FFED brought positive impact in the students’ performance. The study recommended for the continuation of this program since it was proven having benefit to the education sector. Keywords: Fee Free education; Students enrolment; Academic achievement

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