Perception on Teachers Used as Accountant in Financial Management: A Case Study of Community Secondary Schools in Iringa District.

Jenga, Ally Said (2024) Perception on Teachers Used as Accountant in Financial Management: A Case Study of Community Secondary Schools in Iringa District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study aimed to determine the perception on teachers used as accountant in financial management: a case study of community secondary schools in Iringa district. The study was guided by three objectives namely, to identify the financial management roles of teachers used as accountants in community secondary schools to explain out the influence of financial training to teachers used as accountants in financial management activities and to determine the extent of Head of Schools (HoS‟s) mentorship to teachers used as accountant in financial management activities in community secondary schools. This school work was worthy conducted because of the following significance to assist the policy makers in education system to take effectual measure in upgrading and formulation of strategies determine the cause of efficiency to teachers used as accountants, roles of teachers as accountants, challenges faced, visualize relationships between fiscal training and efficiency to teachers used as accountants therefore take decisions. This school work employed a cross sectional research design and mixed method, research approach. Further, 85 respondents were included of which 17 were schools heads, 34 member of board and 34 teachers used as accountant. Simple random sampling was employed to get board members while purposive sampling technique was employed to acquire head of school sand teachers used as accountants. Question naire and. Interview was utilized for data collection. Descriptive statistics and linear Regression was used to analyze quantitative data where thematic analysis remained for qualitative data. The output show that, the financial management roles of teachers used as accountants in community secondary schools include: strategic planning, systematizing, directing, controlling and performing financial activities of a school, likely; keeping school records of funds in harmony with guideline and procedures . The challenges that face teachers used as accountant in financial management include limited time as they are required to teach and do financial management activities, also lack of training in financial management activities. Additionally, there was significant (p value = 0.000) influence of financial training to teachers used as accountants in financial management activities by 50.7% and the extent of HoS's mentorship to teachers used as accountant in financial management activities in ward secondary school is at 61%. Recommendations are attached Keywords: Head of School Teacher Accountant Annual Budget Training

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