THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TANZANIA – International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN TANZANIA

Author: Venance Mkwama

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine the influence of school physical facilities on student’s academic achievement in public secondary schools in Tanzania. The study employed a cross-sectional design and a mixed approach. Stratified and simple random sampling was used to select the sample of One hundred and fifty respondents. Whereby data collection methods were focus group discussion for thirty teachers, survey questionnaire for one hundred and thirteen students key informant interviews for five heads of schools and two education officers, observation, and documentary review which were analyzed and presented in tables. The data was analyzed through content analysis and descriptive statistics with the aid of SPSS. Pre-test employed to ensure the stability of the methods. There was official permission to carry out a study. Self-respect, protocol, confidentiality, and rights of the participants had been protected to adhere to an ethical code of conduct. The study observed that there is a great influence of school facilities on student’s academic achievement. Schools with inadequate facilities displayed relatively poor academic achievement compared to well-equipped schools. This was the reason why the government used various means and strategies to get the facilities. Therefore, the study recommends that the government should put more emphasis in building and improving the quality of basic school facilities in all public secondary schools. It was further recommended that similar studies should be done on the influence of school facilities on students ‘academic achievement.

Keywords: school facilities, school infrastructures, learning environment

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