ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the adequacy of Technical and Vocational Education and Training at National Diploma level, for employment in the clothing industry: The case of a Technical Teachers’ College in Harare. The quality and quantity of equipment found in training institutions triggered the researcher’s interest to carry out this research.A case study design was used to come up with answers to the research question. The population for the study was made up of thirty nati...
ABSTRACT Monitoring and evaluation systems allow for project activities to be measured and analyzed. Unfortunately, there is often a gap in the design of M&E systems; generation of information during the process of M&E and use of this information in future designs. The purpose of this study was to establish the factors influencing performance of M&E systems of NGOs in Lira District. The study was guided by the following research objectives: To determine how M&E structure influenced the perfor...
ABSTRACT This study set out to ascertain the factors affecting utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in implementation of Malaria Control Programmes. Its objectives included identifying the implementation factors, decision factors and community factors that affected utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in implementation of Malaria Control Programmes. The study used a survey design in which questionnaires were administered to 120 employees from Monitoring and Evaluatio...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the factors that affect data quality in UHMG-supported private clinics in Kampala District. The objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of internal factors on data quality in UHMG-supported private clinics; to find out how external factors affect data quality in UHMG-supported clinics and to find out how data quality can be improved in UHMG-supported private clinics. Specific emphasis was put on the effect of internal factors as well as exte...
ABSTRACT Donor countries are concerned about development practices in the developing countries where much of the financial and technical investment has been done with little change. One of the causes the donors identified was under-reporting of project impact on people’s lives. The donors resolved during the Paris Declaration of 2005 that development organizations should use resultsbased management approach to implement projects. The purpose of the study was to examine factors affecting the...
ABSTRACT The study to establish the relationship between Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) processes and Organisational Learning (OL) in Ugandan Municipal Local Governments (LGs) was influenced by the Organisational Learning theory (Argyris & Schön, 1978) and used a cross sectional survey design that adopted mixed methods on 62 (sixty two) respondents from four Municipal LGs, two central government ministries and one agency. The researcher employed a questionnaire survey, key informant i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the role of public sector monitoring and evaluation in promoting good governance in Uganda, with a focus on the Ministry of Local Government. Specifically, the study sought to: examine the effective role of M&E Accountability, M&E Management Decision, M&E Organisational Learning in promoting good governance, draw lessons from practice and provide recommendations to better inform the implementation strategy of M&E in the Mi...
ABSTRACT Maize and beans are commonly grown as intercrops in western Kenya to maximize the utilization of the small land sizes per household, but their yields are low mainly due to deficiencies of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and inappropriate crop arrangements. A study was conducted at Bugeng‟i and Malanga sub locations in Busia and Siaya Counties respectively during the short rains (SR) of 2015, and Bugeng‟i and Ebusakami (Vihiga County) in long rains (LR) of 2016 to determine the ef...
ABSTRACT This study examined the extent to which the identified determinants influence the effective utilization of routine health information in the private health facilities in Kampala. The study was based on the following research objectives: to describe how technical determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health facilities in Kampala; to determine how organizational determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health faci...
ABSTRACT The research focused on the influence of decentralized policy management and performance of deconcetrated structures in the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda with a case study of Water and Sanitation Development Facility-North. It covered a selected number of districts of Lango sub-region in northern Uganda namely, Oyam, Apac, Dokolo, Lira and Amolatar. The performance was the dependent variable with decentralized policy management being the independent variable (i.e. measu...
The study examined the relationship between organizational learning culture and utilization of evaluation results in international development agencies taking Heifer International Uganda as a case study. The study interrogated organizational learning culture in terms of senior leadership support, staff capacity and structural support system with an interest of finding out how each of these influences utilization of evaluation results at Heifer International Uganda. In an effort to answer the ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the use of contract management practices on performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district. The objectives of the study were: to examine the role of monitoring intensity in enhancing performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district; to analyze the relationship between risk management and performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district; and, to assess the role of evaluation in enhancing performance of the road const...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the influence of institutional systems-related factors on the performance of national NGOs in Sudan with a particular focus on Sibro Organization. Specific emphasis was put on investigating the effect of financial management and human resources on organizational performance as well as establishing the relationship between strategic leadership and performance. The study applied a correlational research design in a case study involving both qualitative and ...
ABSTRACT The study established the relationship between agribusiness incentive and youth employment in Northern Uganda, taking the case of Gulu district. The study was guided by the following objectives; to examine the influence of technology on youth employment; investigate the effect of agricultural infrastructure on youth employment; and evaluate the influence of institutional support on youth employment. The study used a case study design adopting both qualitative and quantitative approac...
ABSTRACT The study sought to analyze how Technical Vocational subjects are implemented in Gutu East Secondary Schools as well as ways of enhancing effective implementation of Technical Vocational subjects such that it produces employable and self reliant school graduates. The study was motivated by the increasing numbers of school leavers who are unemployed and cannot sustain themselves through use of locally available resources. 20 secondary schools were identified in Gutu East and from whi...