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The purpose of the study was to assess the contribution of Primary Education Development Programme in provision of quality education in Mvomero district. The study was largely qualitative, using a case study design that involved the use of three data collection methods, namely interviews, questionnaire and documentary review.
The major findings of this study were; PEDP quality education indicators included; basic learning materials, mathematics textbooks, pupil-book ratios and class size. The PEDP strategies were human resource and in-service training, curriculum development and implementation, examination and assessment, school inspection and teaching and learning materials. Also the district had received a total amount of one billion four hundred fourteen million seven hundred eighty one thousand and eighty five Tanzanian shillings only as PEDP funds for the past five years from 2008 to 2012 which was used in purchasing teaching and learning materials including textbooks as well as providing in-service training to five hundred fifty seven primary school teachers and conducting local and national examinations. These helped to improve the performance of pupils in national examinations from 45.5% in 2008 to 75.3% in 2011.
Also the researcher found out some challenges and constraints of PEDP implementation in providing quality education in MVDC including: geographical location of some primary schools, lack of morale from primary school teachers, truancy and drop out, curriculum instability, low contribution from community and parents and financial constraints.
It was, thus concluded that the significance of PEDP implementation in Mvomero district council was successful since there was an improvement in performance of pupils in standard seven examinations and provision of in-service training.
Therefore the study recommends the timely and adequate funding from central government, improvement of record keeping from district to school level to ensure accessibility of information, the government must invest more on school inspection through increased funding, re-designing the primary education curriculum so that it would be more practical |
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