Challenges faced by combined schools in Masaiti district which hinders the provision of quality education.
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Date
2021
Authors
Mulubale, S.
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Abstract
This paper discusses challenges faced by combined
schools in Masaiti district which hinders the provision of quality
education. A mixed methods concurrent triangulation model was
used in the study. The study was conducted in all the 8
purposively sampled combined schools in Masaiti district on the
Copperbelt province of Zambia. The study sample had 138
respondents comprising 77 females and 61 males. Teachers and
pupils were randomly selected while school administrators and
the Ministry of General Education officials were purposively
sampled. Focus Group Discussions, semi-structured interviews &
mixed questionnaires were the research instruments used during
data collection. Pupils, school administrators and the Ministry of
General Education officials were interviewed while teachers
responded to a questionnaire. Qualitative data was thematically
analysed while quantitative data was analysed with the help of
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The
study revealed that all combined schools in Masaiti district faced
many challenges which hindered the provision of quality
education to learners. Some of these challenges were; lack of
teaching and learning materials, inadequate infrastructure,
sexual harassment among learners, lack of parental involvement
in school activities, inadequate qualified teachers and long
distances covered by learners to school among others. Due to
these challenges, it was revealed that these schools were
recording very poor final examination results at junior
secondary school level more especially in Social Studies from the
time they were upgraded in 2017. But little was being done to
mitigate these challenges. Based on the research findings
therefore, the study recommended that the Ministry of General
Education should collaborate with parents and other relevant
stakeholders in order to mitigate these challenges by providing
necessary teaching/learning materials and embark on
construction of school infrastructure which will improve the
provision of quality education in combined schools.
Keywords: Challenges, Combined Schools, Learners, Masaiti,
Quality Education, Strategies
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Keywords
Combined education--Zambia. , Co-education. , Education--Zambia.