Management Challenges Facing School Administrators and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Sengerema District Mwanza, Tanzania
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The study was prompted by the increased concerns by educational stakeholders on the
increased challenges facing schools. Specifically, the study sought to establish the
management challenges facing school administrators and pupils‟ academic performance in
public primary schools. The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify
management challenges facing school administrators and pupils‟ academic performance in
public primary schools, to find out how management challenges affect pupils‟ academic
performance in public primary schools, to determine the possible measures to curb
management challenges facing school administrators and pupils‟ academic performance in
public primary schools. A sample of ten public primary schools from a population of ninety eight schools was selected for the study. The participants were teachers, school committee
chairpersons, ward educational officers, district educational officer, and district school
quality assurance. The data gathering was done through the use of questionnaires and
interview guide. The findings revealed that there were management challenges facing school
administrators and pupils‟ academic performance in public primary school which included
insufficient budget, poor cooperation with education stakeholders, over- enrollments of
pupils, shortage of infrastructure, lack of teaching/learning resources and shortage of
teachers. The identified challenges had negatively affected the schools' and pupils' academic
performances because it has lead to pupils‟ absenteeism in schools. To curb these challenges
educational stakeholders had to invest more in education by establishing different income generating activities in school. The researcher concludes that educational stakeholders could
help in building school infrastructures and finally recommended that, the government should
allocate more funds to schools, employ more teachers and school administrators should
cooperate with all educational stakeholders in curbing management challenges.
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Education / Management Challenges, Education / Management Challenges