Exploring school manager accountability practices in financial and material resources utilisation and implications on school performance in selected public secondary schools of the Copperbelt province of Zambia.
| dc.contributor.author | Kabaso, Oliver | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-26T09:59:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-26T09:59:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Thesis of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration and Management. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study scrutinized a range of accountability variables among secondary school managers to assess the impact on school performance in selected public secondary schools in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. This was done by analysing management practices and tools in relation to the utilization of material and financial resources. Using a descriptive study design of the quantitative approach, the study collected data through three sets of questionnaires which were administered to fifty (50) school managers, fifty (50) accounts assistants, and fifty (50) store officers. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The data were also subjected to inferential statistics such as the Pearson Product Moment of Correlation to determine the significant relationships among the variables. This was done using Statistics Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 26), SmartPLS software, and Pearson regression analysis. The findings were presented as frequency tables, percentages, means, and variations. The study established that School managers conscientiously control financial and material resources through budgeting and reapportioning resources to priority areas. The study also spot-lighted standard accountability practices employed by most school managers including the use of asset registers, stores ledgers, payment vouchers, goods received vouchers, stores requisition, bank reconciliations, receipt books, bin cards, cash books, bank statements, cheque registers to monitor and control material and financial resource utilisation. The overarching outcome of the study is that there are generally high levels of school manager accountability in utilising financial and material resources. Peculiarly, it was established that there was no significant relationship between school manager accountability and school performance in this particular study. School performance was found to be largely average despite the high levels of school manager financial and material resource accountability. The study, therefore, recommends that the Ministry of Education should strengthen monitoring of financial and material resource utilization in schools especially at end-user -points at department and section levels. MoE should ensure that school managers are trained in financial management. The researcher suggests further research by future researchers on financial and human resource accountability practices in primary and community schools. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/8806 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | The University of Zambia | |
| dc.title | Exploring school manager accountability practices in financial and material resources utilisation and implications on school performance in selected public secondary schools of the Copperbelt province of Zambia. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |