The Contribution of School Quality Assurance Practices on Secondary Schools` Academic Achievement in Municipality.

Paulo, Philbert Simon (2022) The Contribution of School Quality Assurance Practices on Secondary Schools` Academic Achievement in Municipality. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study investigated the contribution of school quality assurance practices on secondary schools` academic achievement in Ilala Municipality. The objectives of this study were: to examine the school quality assurance practices in secondary schools; to assess the influence of school quality assurance practices on school academic achievement and to determine productive school quality assurance practices for schools’ academic achievement. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The sample size was 250 teachers, 6 heads of schools, 6 academic coordinators and 5 SQAOs. The findings revealed that the common school quality assurance practices in secondary schools were: advise teachers on how to deal with instructional materials; they encourage teachers on working hard and assist teachers on how to improvise teaching and learning materials. Moreover, the school academic performances raised due to the school quality assurance practices. Also, this study established productive school quality assurance practices-based on workshop during follow up inspection; changes of negative attitude towards school quality assurance practices, improvement of school management and administration in daily operations; effective implementation of feedback and reports. It is recommended that education stakeholders including the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should take position to strengthen the school quality assurance department as it ensures quality education provision. Keywords: School Quality Assurance Practices, Academic Achievements

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