Management of private secondary schools and quality of teaching in makindye urban council, Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

This study sought to determine the relationship between Management of Private Secondary Schools and Quality of Teaching in selected private secondary schools in Makindye division Urban Council, Kampala. The study objectives were: to determine the relationship between school supervision by head teacher and quality of teaching, to establish how basic resource provision is related to the quality of teaching and to establish the relationship between strategic planning and quality of teaching. A descriptive cross sectional survey design was used with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data was collected from 8 secondary schools which were selected using Purposive and systematic sampling. A total of 117 participants who included teachers, students, head teachers, KCCA education officers, UNEB secretary representative and the director of education standards took part in the study. The study revealed that internal supervision of teaching by head teachers was high but external supervision was not adequate. The study found that though most schools had licenses and were legally registered, the infrastructures, qualified teachers, instructional materials, and teacher preparation were inadequate. The study further revealed that private schools were suffering from inadequate budgets to cater for all their programs and government intervention to fund these schools was revealed as being relevant. The study concluded that the quality of teaching was low and strongly related to the limited school supervision, inadequate basic school resources and lack of strategic planning. The study recommended that the government should ensure that all private schools are registered with the minimal requirements in place for operating these schools. This should be through effective and efficient school monitoring and supervision. Private schools should ensure recruitment of qualified teachers to improve on the quality of teaching and learning and ensuring that there are retooling programs for school staff.