Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Education Policy in Primary schools in Morogoro District: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Kihiyo, Anitha George (2025) Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Education Policy in Primary schools in Morogoro District: A Case of Selected Primary Schools in Morogoro, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study evaluated the Implementation of Free Education Policy in Primary schools in Morogoro Municipal, Case of Selected primary Schools. Three objectives: were; to analyse the perception people have over the free education policy in primary schools in Morogoro Municipal, to analyze the challenges of the implementation of free education policy in primary schools in Morogoro Municipal and to explain achievements of the implementation of free education policy in selected primary schools in Morogoro Municipal. Mixed methods design guided the study. Questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion and documentary review were used to collect the data. The result indicated that the community perceptions on the implementation of free education policy were not very positive. This is because the parents were charged some contribution e.g. sport and stationery money. This is contradicting the basic principle of the concept of free education policy in Tanzania. The study also revealed that, the policy created a lot of challenges; some of them were congested classrooms, shortages of classrooms, teachers fail to manage classrooms, students subjected to double shift and food not supplied in schools. This has affected ability of students failing to follow lesson and focus on studies. Lastly, the study found interesting findings on the achievements of the implementation of free education policy in primary schools in Morogoro. These were availability of capitation funds, increase of enrolment in primary schools, improved in-service training for teachers and more purchase of textbooks. In order to implementing FE policy in Morogoro Municipal, the study recommended that, Government should relax its guidelines to allow parents to contribute small amount of money for meals at school, Congestion should be addressed by constructing more classrooms and parents need to be involved in this innovation of education, as they are key stakeholders in education system and Government has to realize that increase in a number of students requires deploying more primary school teachers so employing teachers is essential. Keywords; Free Education Policy, Secondary Education, Tuition Fee

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