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The main aim of this study was to assess the role of community members in enhancing
primary school academic achievement. The study focused on three schools located in
Babati District Tanzania. This study was guided by three objectives where the first, it
sought to identify the roles of community member in enhancing academic achievement.
The second was to find out how community members support teachers and the third
objective was to explore what should be done to promote more community active
participation in the schools. A mixed methods research approach and convergent parallel
research design was applied. The targeted population of this study was 1818 community
members, data was collected through questionnaires, focus group discussion and in-depth
interviews. More so, community members support teachers when performing their roles.
The study revealed that, 91.1% of community members support teachers by providing
social services, 71.7% support teachers with good cooperation while 75.6% support
teachers by giving them respect. On what should be done to promote community
members participation in enhancing the academic achievement the study revealed that,
there is a need of providing education to community members, improvement of school community partnership policy and increase transparency. The study recommends that, the
government should provide a policy that enforces community participation in the schools. |
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