Contribution of School Management Strategies to Student’s Academic Performance in Primary School in Misungwi District, Tanzania

Abstract

The major role of leadership aspects in influencing the academic outcomes of the students is based upon the administration and management of the school. Management of education particularly in primary schools takes into deliberation the application of management policies in designing, developing and producing resources towards achievement of students’ academic performance. There is a growing body of information from various scholars which have made an attempt to scrutinize the effect of school management and the academic performance of students which support this study. This study ascertains the Effective Supervision of School Management Strategies in Contributing to Student’s Academic Performance in Primary School. The primary data were collected using questionnaire tool from 256 respondents. The sample was chosen from each selected Primary School by simple random sampling technique. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS ver. 20, IBM, USA). The findings revealed that school management take necessary actions and delegation of power as the school administrative strategies which contribute to students’ academic performance. The study recommends that, planned school management strategies and their implementation should be promptly communicated to all consulting groups and stakeholders such as students, teachers, parents and other employees from all levels.