Educational challenges facing female students in secondary schools: a case of Morogoro rural district
| dc.contributor.author | Machimu, Gervas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-17T08:50:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-17T08:50:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the educational challenges facing female students in secondary schools in Morogoro Rural District. The specific objectives were: (i) to examine female enrolment status, (ii) to assess problems facing female students, and (iii) evaluate how educational programmes address the shortfall. The study design was a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected using a checklist ?n<.' questionnaires supported by personal observation and formal discussion with key informants. Descriptive statistics and multiple responses were used in this study. The study was based in four schools randomly selected out of 13 secondary schools in the district namely: Nelson Mandela, Kiroka, Mkuyuni and Matombo. It involved 116 respondents (80 students, 32 teachers and four school administrators). The findings show that many female students enrolled in secondary level at the recommended age (14 - 17 years) compared to boys. Participation of girls in leadership; freedom of expression was high in the surveyed schools. A positive response of younger female teachers’ employees of 21 - 25 years age group was observed. Many girls are enrolled in secondary schools but are more likely to dropout from school compared to boys. The major problems observed in the study schools contributing to this high dropout rate were pregnancy, early marriage and truancy. Again girls were mostly engaged in domestic chores thus eroding their study time. In addition, lack of food provision programmes, hostels, distance and transport status were noted to be major problems facing girls and boys as well. One of the strongest cause of problems in the study area was more socio-cultural and is due to different beliefs including that a woman is limited to being a wife and a mother. The study also found that the influence of women in Luguru society (matrilineal system) in educating female students was slight. The study recommends the introduction of programmes that promote education to both boys and girls in the curriculum since pre-primary school to enable students understand their right to be educated. Homework policy should be shared to parents by school administrators especially in day schools. Parents might know how much time >s appropriate to spend on homework and enable girls to also work on homework. For the Luguru society respect to all parents should be insisted since pre-primary school. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6505 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Female students-educational challenges | |
| dc.subject | Secondary schools | |
| dc.subject | Morogoro rural district | |
| dc.title | Educational challenges facing female students in secondary schools: a case of Morogoro rural district | |
| dc.type | Thesis |