The influence of participatory management on secondary school effectiveness in Entebbe Municipality, wakiso district.

Abstract

The study sought to explore the influence of participative management on secondary school effectiveness in Entebbe municipality in Wakiso district. The primary purpose of the study was to investigate whether participative management has an influence on secondary school effectiveness. Objectives of the study were to examine the influence of teachers on school effectiveness investigate the effect of parents involvement in decision making in secondary school effectiveness, determine the nature of participative management on secondary school effectiveness and to recommend ways management of secondary schools can be made more participatory to ensure effectiveness. Literature was reviewed basing on the study objectives and variables. The study adopted across sectional survey research design where the study variables were operationalized. Using stratified random sampling technique, a total of 108 subjects were selected from the accessible population of 246. Data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. Both quantitative and qualitative data was analyzed using tables, samples, counts, proportions, percentages and frequencies as well as categorizing data according to themes and pillarist. The study found out that, enabling conditions, supporting inputs, teaching learning process influence secondary school effectiveness. Conclusions of the study were that, enabling conditions can enhance secondary school effectiveness; committed leadership determines the nature of secondary school effectiveness as well as adequate material support, parental and community development. And finally, the study also concluded that appropriate learning objectives, subject matter and learning sequence are instrumental in determining secondary school effectiveness. It was recommended that a similar study be done with a representative sample covering many districts in Uganda to strengthen the external validity. It was recommended that planning of educational improvement increases the likelihood that school administration, teachers as well as parents need to support the implementation and contribution of the change, improvement or innovation.