Administrative Challenges and their Impacts on Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools
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The purpose of this study was to assess the administrative challenges and their impacts on
academic performance in public secondary schools in Misungwi District. The study was
guided by the following specific objective: to identify the administrative challenges that
affect academic performance in public secondary schools in Misungwi District, to find out
the impacts of administrative challenges on academic performance in Misungwi District
and finally to determine the strategies to be employed to solve the administrative
challenges to improve academic performance in Misungwi District. The study adopted
convergent parallel design. The study targeted all school heads and all teachers of public
secondary schools In Misungwi District. 10 schools out of 24 schools were selected to take
part in the study. Purposive sampling was used to select 10 heads of school from the
sampled schools while simple random sampling was used to select 90 teachers. Data was
collected by distributing the questionnaires to the sampled teachers and interview done to
heads of the schools in Misungwi District. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package
for Social Sciences (SPSS).the data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics
including percentages and frequency. Pie charts, graphs and frequency distribution tables
were used to present the data. The study found that the major administrative challenges
that lead to poor academic performance were: lack of teaching and learning materials, few
numbers of teachers, students‟ bad discipline, lack of cooperation from the community,
geographical location of the school and political interference. All these lead to poor
academic performance to both students and the school. The study recommends that: the
government should provide enough fund (capitation) to al public secondary school on time
to help the school buy teaching and learning materials like books and build enough
infrastructure like classes, laboratories, teachers houses and dormitories for students. The
community should show cooperation with the school administration by ensuring security to
the school properties, buying their children learning materials like books and uniform for
them to attend lessons in school.
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Administrative Challenges