Effectiveness of School Boards in Promoting Quality Teaching and Learning in Ward Secondary Schools in Bunda District
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This study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of school boards in promoting quality teaching
and learning in secondary schools. The study focused on three specific objectives which were to
examine the roles of school boards in promoting quality teaching and learning, to investigate the
challenges facing school boards, and to establish the solutions to the challenges facing school
boards in ward secondary schools. This study used a mixed research approach. This study
employed explanatory sequential design. Data was collected through questionnaires for
quantitative data. Interviews and document analysis were used to collect qualitative data. The
study involved seventy two school board members (SBMs), twelve Heads of School (HoS), one
District Chief of Schools Quality Assurer (DCSQA), two District Education Officers (DEOs) for
Bunda Town Council and Bunda District Council, and one Zonal Chief of Schools Quality
Assurer (ZCSQA). The study found that roles of school boards are such as approving or
disapproving dismissal of students from school due to indiscipline cases, approving school
budget and plans, and approving the hiring of part-time teachers as well as mobilizing resources
from the local community so as to promote quality teaching and learning in schools. The study
found that the effectiveness of school boards in Bunda is low. The study found that school
boards in Bunda district face challenges such as lack of motivation to SBMs, lack of
commitment among SBMs, weak board members selected including very low education level
reached by SBMs, poor leadership by HOS, inadequate fund brought to schools by the
government as Capitation Grants (CGs), poor support from education supervisors, and lack of
regular training for capacity building. The study suggest that regular training to SBMs should be
organized, modifying the system of selecting SBMs, and providing seating allowances to school
board members.
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Quality Teaching and Learning