Community participation and the role of school committees

Participation is one of the popular concepts in social development. It is a concept generally accepted in both the developed and developing countries as one of development approaches that can help speed up realization of the intended goals. Despite general acceptance, the term has been differently i...

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description Participation is one of the popular concepts in social development. It is a concept generally accepted in both the developed and developing countries as one of development approaches that can help speed up realization of the intended goals. Despite general acceptance, the term has been differently interpreted and practised in different parts of the world. Not only that, but also even within the same country, its interpretation has been varying among various groups. For instance, for the policy-makers participation would be considered as a vehicle for fastening development, but for the people in the implementation areas this is sometimes seen as avoidance of responsibility in the part of the government. This study aimed at exploring the notion of participation in primary education in Tanzania, with the intention of finding how people interpret and receive it. Furthermore the study focused at assessing the role of School Committees in facilitating participation. The study was completed in 2005 and it was conducted for 8 weeks in Moshi Municipality and Mvomero district. Generally the study found that the practice of participation is affected by various social, economical and political situations of the environment it is practised. Methods The researcher conducted in-depth, and one to one interviews, administered questionnaires and reviewed some official documents in order to get the data. The sample consisting of 60 community members, 10 head teachers, 10 chairpersons’ and10 members of school committees and 6 officials from the local education authorities in the study areas was used. Despite the limitations that were faced in sampling, the respondents involved in the sample were of great help and information they provided was useful in this report.
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spelling ir-:123456789-19322026-06-24T18:52:03Z Community participation and the role of school committees Fundi, S. S problem statement research objectives Research questions Study methodology Data collection Sampling procedures Study limitations school committees roles Primary education participation Primary education development School committee structure Research findings and analysis School committee capacity Participation is one of the popular concepts in social development. It is a concept generally accepted in both the developed and developing countries as one of development approaches that can help speed up realization of the intended goals. Despite general acceptance, the term has been differently interpreted and practised in different parts of the world. Not only that, but also even within the same country, its interpretation has been varying among various groups. For instance, for the policy-makers participation would be considered as a vehicle for fastening development, but for the people in the implementation areas this is sometimes seen as avoidance of responsibility in the part of the government. This study aimed at exploring the notion of participation in primary education in Tanzania, with the intention of finding how people interpret and receive it. Furthermore the study focused at assessing the role of School Committees in facilitating participation. The study was completed in 2005 and it was conducted for 8 weeks in Moshi Municipality and Mvomero district. Generally the study found that the practice of participation is affected by various social, economical and political situations of the environment it is practised. Methods The researcher conducted in-depth, and one to one interviews, administered questionnaires and reviewed some official documents in order to get the data. The sample consisting of 60 community members, 10 head teachers, 10 chairpersons’ and10 members of school committees and 6 officials from the local education authorities in the study areas was used. Despite the limitations that were faced in sampling, the respondents involved in the sample were of great help and information they provided was useful in this report. Mzumbe university 2026-01-21T08:47:41Z 2005 Book APA 9987617646 https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1932 en_US 49 application/pdf Mzumbe university
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research objectives
Research questions
Study methodology
Data collection
Sampling procedures
Study limitations
school committees roles
Primary education participation
Primary education development
School committee structure
Research findings and analysis
School committee capacity
Fundi, S. S
Community participation and the role of school committees
title Community participation and the role of school committees
title_full Community participation and the role of school committees
title_fullStr Community participation and the role of school committees
title_full_unstemmed Community participation and the role of school committees
title_short Community participation and the role of school committees
title_sort community participation and the role of school committees
topic problem statement
research objectives
Research questions
Study methodology
Data collection
Sampling procedures
Study limitations
school committees roles
Primary education participation
Primary education development
School committee structure
Research findings and analysis
School committee capacity
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