ABSTRACT The need for music education at all levels of Nigerian education has been recognised and established (the National policy on Education, 1977). section 5, NO.· 38 (ii) and (iii) of the policy state that: (1) The curriculum of higher education will be geared towards producing practical persons, and the course content will reflect our :national needs and not just,. hypothetical standards. (ii) Technically based profe$sionals especially need. greater exposure to the environment in which...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at designing a model for promoting effective parent-teacher cooperation towards preventing Premarital Sexual Practices (PSPs) among day secondary school students. Epstein‟s theory of parental involvement (Epstein, 1996) and the ecological system theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1994) guided this study in the process of data collection and interpretation. A mixed research approach of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches was used in the study to maximize the ...
ABSTRACT The current study, analyzed the English Language Curriculum for Ordinary Level Secondary Schools. The study primarily focused on the trends of improvement of English language Curriculum, taken since 1997 to the present. It also examined the implementation of current English Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) for Ordinary Secondary Schools Further; the study identified some challenges encountered by English teachers, in the implementation of English CompetencyBased Curriculum. A total...
ABSTRACT This study focused on assessing the criteria for selection of teacher‟s for professional development in public secondary schools in Bunda District. The study was guided by Andragogy learning theory to understand the best criteria adhered in selection of secondary school teachers to participate in professional development, to examine the limitation to participation in professional development among secondary school teachers and to identify the practices that may enhance the quality...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of leadership styles on students‟ academic performance in public secondary schools in Mwanga District. The study specifically examined the leadership styles used by heads of schools in public secondary schools. This purpose was to determine the specific leadership style perceived by heads of schools to have positive impact on students‟ academic performance. In addition, challenges facing heads of schools in applying different leadership styles were...
ABSTRACT Tanzania has recently started using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning especially in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Despite the use of the internet available across the country, Open Education Resources (OERs) have come to solve the problem of deficit of learning, teaching and research materials. This study measured the use of OERs: exploring motivational aspects, challenges and its relationships with postgraduate’s students’ learning ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to explore the stakeholders‟ conceptions on the implementation of fee - free education policy strategy in improving quality of education in public secondary schools in Tanzania particularly Kisarawe District. The study was guided by the following objectives: the stakeholders‟ conceptions on the contribution of fee-free education policy to the quality of education; determining the policy and legal frameworks supporting provision and achievement...
ABSTRACT The study focused on organizational climate and teacher job performance with a view to describing the context in which teachers carry out their duties and how this has impacted on their performance in private and public schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. It examined organizational climate variables which include school Characteristics (Class Size, School facilities and School Policies) and School Process ( Leadership Style, Motivational Strategies) in relation to Teacher Job Performanc...
ABSTRACT: Interest is defined as the most important factor of socio-psychological motivation of human's activities. parents are seen not merely as illiterate but as integral parts of governmental bodies who shape and implement policy on Science and Technology. To the schools offering Science and Technology sUbjects/courses, the parent's roles may be as problem, as police, as para-professional aide, and as pre-school educator. Adult Education strategies of motivating parents to play their role...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate challenges facing teachers in implementing the mother tongue as a medium of instruction in Gweru urban primary schools which enrol learners from diverse language backgrounds. The objectives of the study were to solicit challenges facing teachers in implementing the mother tongue policy and to find out the measures that have been taken to enhance implementation of the language policy. The research study was confined to Muwunga cluster in Gw...
Abstract The study investigated the contribution of learned literacy and numeracy Education Support Programme (LANES) Teacher Professional Skills on Enhancing STD I and II Pupils' Literacy Skills in Tanzania. Andragogy Learning Theory guided the study in order to understand the impact of learned LANES teacher professional skills on enhancing STD I and II pupils' literacy skills specifically the extent to which the learned LANES professional skills enhanced children’s reading and writing co...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this dissertation is to study on how low school fees payment in schools affects schools administration. Despite the researches done by many researchers, the issue of low school fees payments were left untouched. The problem statement relies on understanding the effects on impacts of low school fees payments in running schools. In order to comply with the problems a research was undertake. The overall image that emerges from the literature depicts that high failure rat...
Abstract Nowadays, agriculture extension programmes are practised in many parts of the world. There is a mixture of results about the effects of agriculture intervention programmes. The literature shows that the interventions are ineffective and have limited diffusion. On the other side, it shows that interventions are effective. Following different arguments about the effects of agriculture extension, this paper adopted Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to analyze the effects of the District ...