The Role Of School Boards In Managing Teachers Discipline In Public And Private Secondary Schools: A Case Of Rorya District

ABSTRACT

This study sought to investigate the roles of school boards in managing teachers

discipline problems in secondary schools, where Rorya District was taken as a case

study. The study was guided by McGregor Theory X and Y. The study adopted

across sectional survey design. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques

were used to obtain five (5) schools and fifty six (56) respondents respectively.

The study employed both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods by the

use of open-ended questionnaire, semi structured interviews and documentary

review. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively and the results were

presented through tables, graphs, percentages, frequencies and in narrative forms.

The findings for this study shows that absenteeism was the most indiscipline

committed by teachers, it led by 33 (58.9%) others were sex violation, doing

business during working hours among others. The most methods used by school

management to manage teachers misconducts were, warning, others methods were

provision of laws and regulations and disciplinary transfer among others. The study

also found that the challenges for effective teachers discipline management by

school boards were of managerial skills among board members, poor support from

the DEO, TSD and inspectors. The most suggested solutions to overcome the above

challenges were effective training of board members among others. And

recommendations made were to review the Education Act, with the view to

empower the school boards to make them deal determinatively with cases of errant

teachers as it is stipulated in the Educational Act of 1995, to provide training and

they should be paid well to motivate them.