Dissertations (Masters)-HRM-SOPAM

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    Relationship between time management and academic performance for primary schools: The case study of Morogoro municipality,
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Ngowo, Ally A.
    The research aimed to examine the relationship between time management and academic performance by studying time wasters, motivation, absenteeism rate and procrastination and understand how they affect primary schools academic performance. The research was a case study design covering Morogoro Municipality. A sample size of 70 respondents was obtained by using stratified, purposive and accidental techniques of which both primary and secondary data were collected by using interview, questionnaire and documentary review and analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The data were collected from teachers, students and head teachers from selected primary schools, MMC Officers, and Parents. The results revealed that, presence of time wasters to the teachers and students, absentees and late comers for both teachers and students, the behavior of procrastinating school activities, ineffectiveness in supervision by education officers, teachers and parents, lack of adherence to schools’ rules and regulations and also lack of motivation especially to the teachers, have contributed to the poor teaching and learning performance for teachers and students respectively, in primary schools at MM. The study recommends, for example, the teachers should set their individual goals from school targets of which will help them focusing on achieving those goals so as schools targets; as for the students, it is important for them to be self-disciplined, also reallocation of teachers and students to the nearby schools from home to reduce absenteeism rate and late coming, The parents are also recommended to provide necessary school items for their children, dedicate their time to monitor children’s progress at school and their behavior after school hours, and communicate to the teachers for effective supervision. Moreover, for further study a comprehensive research should be conducted on other areas of the country so as to broaden the knowledge of the importance of time management in academic performance.
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    The effects of BRN programme on examination performance of primary schools pastoral girls in Mvomero district, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2017) Shange, Alfred John
    The increased trends of premature departure from primary school especially for girls’ students coming from pastoral societies, quite often affect girls’ performance in PSLE in Tanzania. This study explored whether the implementation of education policies such as BRN Programme has had positive effects on the examination performance of primary schools pastoral girls in Mvomero District. Specifically, the study explores the gendered effects of BRN programme in pastoral girls’ enrolment, retention and their examination performance in PSLE in Mvomero District from 2012 to 2015. This is a period when the government introduced the Big Results Now Programme which intended to make change of the quality of basic education by increasing PSLE pass rate up to 80% by 2015. The study utilized the Descriptive case study design, conducted using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research. Also, a sample of 120 study participants sampled for this study from Mvomero District was utilized and approached through the use of structured questionnaires and interview schedules. The study relied on descriptive analysis of primary data through the use of SPSS, and secondary data analysis. The findings of the study show that the implementation of BRN programme offered mixed results from the problem of premature departure from primary school especially for girls’ students coming from pastoral societies. While positive effects had been realized such as the increase in students’ enrollment, and training for teachers coordinating 3Rs, some negative effects were also pronounced. For example, due to lack of specific funds for financing BRN, coordination of the established standard two and six primary examination fueled several challenges at schools and within the District level. Apart from that, the BRN programme failed to implement some strategies including school incentive scheme and motivation to the teachers who were willing to utilize extra hours, providing remedial classes and thus recognize good performance of pastoral in PSLE. Those findings imply that just like previous programmes/initiatives such as PEDP and UPE, BRN programme has little to celebrate especially for the girls coming from nomadic pastoral communities. In this light, the study concludes that the implementation of educational policy or changes should be context specific reflecting the local context instead of adherence to the Top down kind of policy implementation whereby the implementers at the lower level such as in schools were just puzzled. As for the marginalized pastoral communities, the study has revealed that such societies have characteristics different from others; therefore special programmes for them need to be prepared to solve their educational problems. The study ends up by advancing several recommendations to policy makers, heads of schools, teachers, as well as pastoral communities.
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    A comparative study of primary school food provision programs: A case of Kinondoni and Ilala Municipals
    (Mzumbe University, 2014) Ituja, Fauza M
    The purpose of the study was to Compare Study of Primary School Food Provision Programs in Kinondoni and Ilala Municipality. One Hundred and fifty people include students; teachers and parents/Guardians in Kinondoni and Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam Region were interviewed face to face using structured questionnaire. Literature review focused on the Comparative Study of Primary School Food Provision Programs worldwide down to Tanzania. The study revealed a number of challenges to the Food provision programs. Some of the challenges include Lack/Limited Funds, Shortage of Staffs for supervision, Limited time as well as Heath Requirements. The study concludes with recommendations for creating a reliable time table that can not affect general timetable for academic purposes and find extra source of income to cover the shortage of funds in order to have good program of food provision to all school.