Government funding and management of students' learning in selected public secondary schools in Bugiri District,Uganda.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study, entitled Government Funding and Management of students’ Learning in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Bugiri District, Uganda sought to achieve three specific objectives, that is: (i) to find out the effect of capitation grant on management of students learning, to examine the impact of financing purchase of equipment on management of students learning and to establish the relationship between payment of salaries and management of students learning in selected public secondary schools in Bugiri District, Uganda The study utilized a cross-sectional survey design in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected using semi-structured interviews and a five point Likert scale questionnaire respectively. The computer software SPSS 16 was used to analyse data using descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviations and inferential statistics particularly one-way ANOVA, t-test and Pearson correlation. The study results showed that capitation grants and management of students’ learning did not differ significantly, there is a significant impact of purchase of learning aids on management of students’ learning and that all constructs on school employees receive salary commensurate to their job roles” were positively correlated with constructs on management of students’ learning. It was concluded that learning aids were important in managing students’ learning and this could be one of the drivers of poor management of students’ learning in the district, that the impact of financing purchase of equipment on management of students learning is quite significant and that payment of salaries and management of students learning have to hand in hand. The study recommended that efforts should by the government and the Ministry of Education and Sport disburse capitation grant in time so as enhance the management of students learning, that there is need for parents and the concerned education stakeholders to ensure that there is adequate financing purchase of equipment necessary to improve management of students learning and that, midst of scarcity, school heads should make effort to timely effect payment of salaries as a viable endeavour to improve management of students learning.