Contribution of non-governmental organizations in promoting girls’ education in secondary schools in Morogoro District council, Tanzania
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Date
2019
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The gap between girls and boys in education still exists in Tanzania despite the sustained
efforts made by the Government and NGOs. Due to this, several studies on NGOs and
girls education were conducted and revealed different supports and activities done by
NGOs to solve the problem. But the question on how the NGOs’ support and activities
have contributed to girls’ education is not yet answered. Therefore, a cross sectional study
was conducted to assess the contribution of NGOs a case of CAMFED in promoting girls’
education in secondary schools. Specifically, the study aimed to examine the support
provided by CAMFED in promoting girls’ education among secondary school students, to
determine the contribution of CAMFED support to girls’ access to education and to
examine challenges encountered by CAMFED in promoting girls’ education in the study
area. A total of 108 respondents were involved in the study. Data were collected through
questionnaires, in depth interviews, observation and documentary review. The findings
indicate that CAMFED offered learning materials, hostel fees, sanitary protection,
uniforms, school contributions, school fees, bicycles, solar lamp and pocket money in
supporting girl students. The support contributed to the increased number of the girls who
were enrolled in secondary schools and in lowering their dropout rates. Despite the
positive contribution in enrollment and dropout the study shows a non-positive change in
academic performance of girls in the surveyed schools. However, it was noted during the
study that CAMFED face nepotism challenges, misuse of funds, lack of cooperation from
parents, inadequate financial resources to attend all students in need and lack of
commitment among the beneficiaries of the programme. The study suggests to the
Government, NGOs, TASAF, institutions and other stakeholders to complement
CAMFED’s efforts by bringing in other services such as building hostels, motivational
and counseling seminars to students and improving teaching environment in schools.
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A Disssertation
Keywords
Non-governmental organizations, Education, Secondary schools, Morogoro District council, Tanzania