THE ROLE OF FORCE ACCOUNT ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT IRINGA RURAL DISTRICT, TANZANIA

Author: Richard Thomas Mfugale

ABSTRACT

The study explored the role of force account in the construction and rehabilitation of secondary school projects that are implemented at the Iringa rural District in Tanzania. The study was guided by interpretivist philosophical underpinning that enhanced the researcher to employ a case study design and qualitative research approach to develop the study. The study used 29 respondents whereby heads of schools were five (5), chairpersons of school boards were five (5), local builders were five (5), schools staff members were ten (10), chairpersons of ward development committees were two (2) and one (1) council procurement officer. Researchers of this study collected the data through interview and documentary review methods. Data were analyzed through the use of thematic analysis. The findings of this study revealed that the use of force account had reduced the number of bureaucracies in handling the secondary schools’ projects which in turn increased the accuracy rate of the implemented secondary schools projects. Moreover, the study found that the procurement process, time management, cost incurred, and avoiding bureaucracy were among the driving forces that influenced the good practice of force account in handling secondary schools’ projects and the procedures of involving the community pave the way of caring and controlling the public funds that are directed by the government. From the ground of the revealed findings, the study concludes that the use of force account is a good system of implementing various secondary schools projects and it was recommended that the government of Tanzania and another education stakeholders should proceed to use force account and give more training to implementers of the projects and the community at large with intention of raising the awareness on proper utilization of force accounts in the operationalization of force account in the construction and rehabilitation of different schools projects in Tanzania.

Keywords: Force Account, Public Secondary schools, Projects

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