Contribution Of School Infrastructures On Students` Academic Performance In Tanzania: A Case Of Selected Community Secondary Schools In Busokelo District

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to assess the contribution of community secondary school

infrastructures on students` academic performance. The main objectives were; to

assess the status and challenges in the provision of school infrastructures in

community secondary schools, to examine the impacts of school infrastructures on

students` academic performance, and finally to suggest the appropriate strategies to

improve school infrastructures.

The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. A

descriptive research design was employed. Ten schools were sampled from fifteen

secondary schools of the targeted population of the area through probability

sampling method whereby one hundred (100) respondents were selected.

Data were collected using questionnaires, interview schedules, and documentary

analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed through Statistical Package for Social

Sciences (SPSS) version 16.0. Qualitative data was put under themes consistent with

research objects and then explained. The findings from the present study revealed

that in all community secondary schools studied, schools with adequate

infrastructures students achieved good academic performance while those without

adequate infrastructures their students` performance most of them were poor.

The recommendation made include; the government to review its focus on the way

communities participate in their school contributions. The suggestions for further

study research made include; the specific aspect of infrastructure funding such as

adequacy, accountability and equity should be established in the same or different

districts in Tanzania.