The Efficacy of Primary School Teachers with Educational Management Qualifications in the Better Schools Programme Zimbabwe.A Case of Four Clustersin Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 8
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Abstract: The study was designed to investigate on the effectiveness of primary school teachers with educational management qualifications in the Better Schools Programme Zimbabwe at school and cluster levels. The random sample consisted of four clusters in Bikita District of Masvingo Province. The respondents involved twenty (25%) heads of primary schools, twenty (25%) deputy heads and forty (50%) degreed teachers all from the twenty selected schools in the four clusters. The forty degreed teachers were selected from the staffing records of the District Education Office as solicited from schools by the ED46 Instrument of data collection. The study used the quantitative methodology which entails the descriptive survey design in which subjects were randomly selected as respondents of the study. Data was collected through structured questionnaires and interview guideson the utilisation of teachers in the Better Schools Programme Zimbabwe (BSPZ) at school and cluster levels. Data was presented in frequency distribution tables and analysed in percentages and discussions. The study revealed that teachers with educational management qualifications are utilized as School Resource Teachers (SRTs) and Cluster Resource Teachers (CRTs) in the Better Schools Programme, Zimbabwe. Teachers were found effective in financial management and staff development as discovered in all schools under study. In terms of promotion, all the forty degreed teachers under study were in the senior teacher grade. The study recommended for the promotion of educational management graduates into promotion posts of Deputy Head and Head of primary or secondary school so that their utilisationwas commensurate with qualifications. The continued over-utilisation of educational management graduates as classroom practitioners in primary schools while holding posts of special responsibility in BSPZ compromises the provision of quality education. Keywords: Utilisation of teachers, Educational management, Administrative duties, Primary school, Teachers, Better Schools Programme Zimbabwe, Clusters.
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Tazivei Dondofema
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