SCHOOL MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
This chapter contains an overview of background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, research questions, and justification of the study and significance of the study.
1.2 Background of the Study
Management of secondary school had been criticized as an ineffective in managing teachers to prepare competent individuals, who can demonstrate competencies in work and life (Benson, 2005). Heads of schools have been accused of devoting less attention in empowering teachers to dis empowering them with their condescending attitude, which demoralize and lower their work performance (Wedgwood, 2007). Because of lack of management skills, many teachers in secondary schools in Tanzania teach and supervise students’ learning poorly, with the results in poor performance (MOEVT, 2010). The truth is that, the mass failure of our students in secondary schools in Tanzania is the direct reflection of incompetent school leaders; teacher low morale and performance is an index of a combined failure of head of school, who has failed to manage teaching (Ndimbo, 2013).
In my search for the title of this research I came across the word Management. My aim was to talk about leadership in schools but I preferred to use this word, which is having many different connotations. Management, definition if not analyzed properly can be wrongly interpreted as an act of observing others as they work and the boss sitting by seeing to it that workers complete their piece work. However, managers cannot just exist they need to be prepared for the work that they will be doing. My search for the literature on this subject made me realize how wrongly managerial position is considered in Tanzania. The ways it has been perceived, wrongly has led to a perception that ‘everybody can be a manager.
Education is the lifelong process giving man information and wisdom to enable him/her to fit in the society. Ordinary level secondary education defined as post primary formal education offered to person who had successfully completed seven years of primary education and have met the requisite entry requirements [URT, 1995]. The secondary education is therefore regarded as an important stage in the development of a person socially, economically, politically, emotionally and physically.