Performance of pupils in primary school education under Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP): a case study of Morogoro district
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2011
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
This study was conducted in Morogoro District in Morogoro Region. Tanzania. The main
objective of the study was to investigate the pupils' performance in primary schools under
Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP) in Morogoro District. A simple random
sampling procedure was employed to obtain 130 respondents from two Divisions namely:
Mkuyuni and Matombo. Data were collected through administration of a structured
questionnaire. Focus Group Discussion (FGDS). key informant interviews and direct
observation. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Computer Programme
was used to analyse quantitative data where as content analysis was used for qualitative
data. The study revealed that poor pupils' performance in Primary Schools in Morogoro
District was affected by a series of factors: among others include low income and
educational levels of parents\ guardians, inadequacy meals, teachers' economical status
and motivation and low government support in the education sector. The study also found
out that the Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP) in Morogoro District was not
well addressed, as it only covered small portion of school facilities and expanding pupil
enrolments while looked down on the teacher's welfare, hence resulted into serious
shortage of teachers. The study concluded that, poor learning and leaching environment
was the major factors for poor performance by pupils. However, the study recommends
that the central government through local government authorities should put in place a in
service training to teachers in order to enhance and develop new teaching skills to
teachers. Lastly, the government should significantly improve teachers’ welfare through
sound salaries, better accommodation and timely paid allowances.
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Pupils' academic performance