Authors: Kalunga Abishy Fanwell
Abstract: The project aims at establishing the impact of the provision of free public secondary education on management of schools. A case study of five selected public day secondary schools: Shimumbi, Kaseya, Ndoki, njoko and Luena in Luwingu district. The objectives of the project will be used in order to establish the condition of the teaching and learning under the sphere of the free-education policy in Luwingu district; to find out the impact of the extent of conditions of the teaching and learning in the existing educational systems in Luwingu district; to establish the specific duties of school managers in improving teaching and learning outcomes; to recommend potential measures to improve the school management and administration; Descriptive survey design namely cross-sectional will be applied for even data flow and distribution. Moreover, the qualitative and quantitative techniques will be engaged so as to attain the desirable findings; the data will be collected by recipient interviews, questionnaires and reliable tools; the target population will be 400 drawn from the selected public day secondary schools of Luwingu district. The sample recipient population will be 50 consisting of 15 pupils from the selected public secondary schools, 5 education standards officers, 1 district education board secretary, 12 class teachers, 3 school managers 3 guidance teachers, a senior officer from civil society and 10 parents picked by sampling techniques. Data collected from questionnaires will be analyzed using the statistical package for Social Sciences, while data collected from interviews will be analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis. The significance of the study will help the stakeholders in understanding the limitations of insufficient management services that requires their input. Policy makers would single out plans and re-create the policy guidelines on the provision to solve the congestion, supplement the existing knowledge in the field and pinpoint the loopholes that requires further research by embracing measures that underscore quality standards in the selected public secondary schools in Luwingu district namely: , Kaseya, njoko, Luena and ndoki respectively.
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