Investigating the Challenges of Quality on Education Facing the Performance of Girls in Form Four National Examination in Community Secondary Schools: A Case of Mbeya Rural District

Abel, Andrew (2023) Investigating the Challenges of Quality on Education Facing the Performance of Girls in Form Four National Examination in Community Secondary Schools: A Case of Mbeya Rural District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

PDF - Submitted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (1MB)

Abstract

This study was concerned with the investigation of the challenges of quality on education facing the performance of girls in form four national examinations in community secondary schools in Mbeya Rural District. The study assessed the internal and external factors hindering the performance of girls in such schools. The data were obtained from four selected community secondary schools in Mbeya district. The study also collected the data from six heads of villages, three Ward Executive Officers, three Ward Education Officers, The District Secondary Education officer and the Zonal Chief Inspector of Schools. The study used descriptive survey design. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. The interview method, Focus Group discussion, Questionnaire method and documentary analysis methods were used. Random sampling technique, purposive sampling technique and convenient sampling technique were all used. The findings revealed the factors such as; poor geographical location of most community secondary schools, unfriendly learning infrastructures, bad cultural practices, peer pressure, a burden of responsibilities at home assigned to girls, lack of seriousness among the girl students, societies negative attitudes towards girls’ education, poverty in families and shortage of educational resources. In order to improve the performance of girls it is recommended that the government and community at large should construct adequate educational infrastructures, the government ensuring the availability of adequate educational resources, improving the management of community secondary schools, the society changing the attitudes towards girls education in community secondary schools that the parents should be responsible for taking care of their daughters. Keywords: Performance, Academic Performance and Community

Actions (login required)

View Item