Dissertation (MA Business Administration)
The link between economic growth and human development has been a subject since the year 1970's. Education, which is an important component of human development, has been found to explain varying levels of return and economic growth. People's opinions have not been taken into considerations which led to a failure of projects which were incepted by the government in different periods of time. The main objective of this study, was to assess the perceptions of stakeholders towards Big Results Now (BRN) on the education sector in Tanzania specifically in Dodoma Urban. Methods of data collection were Questionnaires and interviews. A total of 69 respondents 30 secondary school teachers, 10 students 10 parents, 15 school management team and officials from Regional and District level were included. Data collected were analyzed by computer programme (statistical package for social science) SPSS), and were also presented into tables and charts (Pie charts). Findings from this identified that Education stakeholders, perceived BRN programme negatively and that, they were not ready to participate in the achievement of the programme because of the poor planning, unavailability of funds, Poor allocation of resources and poor involvement of the stakeholders. Strategies to move forward include, proper allocation of resources.