The Leadership Roles of School Heads in Improving Schools’ Performance: A Case of Community Secondary Schools in Temeke Municipality.

Bundala, Kamelwa (2024) The Leadership Roles of School Heads in Improving Schools’ Performance: A Case of Community Secondary Schools in Temeke Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The general objective of this study was to investigate the leadership roles of school heads in improving schools’ performance taking the case of five selected community secondary schools in Temeke. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and mixed approach (qualitative nd quantitative methods). The sample size of 90 participants was selected using the purposive and a stratified sampling techniques . Data was collected using two research instruments namely questionnaire and interview and analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). The study findings revealed that secondary school in Temeke Municipality were facing a number of challenges which hampered their performance,-The challenges included poor leadership practices1; scarcity of science teachers; overcrowd number of students in the classroom; scarcity of teaching materials ; truancy among students; lack of discipline among students; small size of school; lack of adequate financial subsides from the Government and; inadequate facilities such as table, chairs and office equipment. Correspondingly the study recommended that the Government needs to ensure adequate provision of of financial subsides to the schools for increasing the sizes of the schools through building up adequate class room and laboratories ; provision of sufficient teachers especially science teachers; building laboratories and provision of sufficient teaching practice ; making effective decision and ;encouraging the spree of team work among teachers ;These head of schools also ensure that truancy and lack of discipline are addressed seriously. The findings of study will be useful in improving the current teaching practices and education policy.

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