Mbibo, Tumaini L.
(2020)
The Impact of School Library on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools Leaving Examination in Mvomero District of Morogoro, Tanzania: 2007 – 2016.
Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.
Abstract
The study was on “The Impact of School Library on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools Leaving Examination in Mvomero District of Morogoro, Tanzania: 2007 – 2016”. Its main objective was to examine the impact of school library programme (SLP) and academic performance in primary school leaving examination (PSLE) in Mvomero District between 2007 and 2016. The specific objectives were: to examine the estimated net impact of SLP on pupils’ academic performance; to determine the statistical significance differences of PSLE scores between the matched pairs of schools, to determine the effect size between the situation before and after the SLP, and to test the hypothesis on the effectiveness of SLP in pupils’ PSLE achievement scores. A consecutive sampling approach using multi-stage with criterion-i sampling techniques was used to select 30 primary schools. The study employed a quasi-experimental research using ‘before-and-after with control design’. Documentary review and computer-assisted techniques were used to collect data. Microsoft Excel was used to calculate the mean. Afterwards, collated data was analysed using SPSS version 17.0. Results: the difference-in-difference (DD) estimated the impact of 16.44% increase in PSLE score. Cohen’s d coefficient indicated 1.97 and 0.8 effect sizes for Treatment and Comparison groups, respectively. A two-tailed Paired Samples Test revealed that the mean score for the Treatment group (p = 0.001) was higher than the Comparison group (p = 0.008). On the other hand, P =.001 for the Treatment indicates stronger statistical significance than P=.008 for the Comparison, so the researcher rejected the null hypothesis. Generally, the key findings revealed that SLP can improve pupils’ academic achievement in primary schools.
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