RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD TEACHERS’ TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MUBENDE DISTRICT, UGANDA

MUHAMAD  SSENDAGI; Wilson Wasswa

doi:10.70572/agp.v1i11.53

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD TEACHERS’ TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MUBENDE DISTRICT, UGANDA

Authors

MUHAMAD SSENDAGI Team University P.O Box 8128 MENGO RUBAGA, KAMPALA, UGANDA
Wilson Wasswa Team University P.O Box 8128 MENGO RUBAGA, KAMPALA, UGANDA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70572/agp.v1i11.53

Keywords:

Head teachers’ training, Performance of government-aided secondary schools, Mubende district

Abstract

Background

Globally, the training of head teachers differs from country to country, depending on the policy of that particular nation. The study aims to assess the relationship between head teachers’ training and the performance of government-aided secondary schools in the Mubende district.

Methodology

The study was a descriptive cross-sectional-correlation study, conducted in 8 Government Aided secondary schools in Mubende district. The target population was 180 respondents comprising 8 headteachers, 8 deputies. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used.

Results

The majority of the head teachers (83.3%) were above 40 years old. Training contributes 10.2 % to the academic performance of the six schools. The hypothesis “there is no significant relationship between leadership training of head teachers and school performance in secondary schools, yielded a negative correlation which was not significant since r = -267 and the p-value level of significance was 0.610>0.05, low training attained by the head teacher reduce about 0.267 unit to performance of school academically. Relationship between the performance of schools and training attained by the head teacher r = 0.579 which is significant at p = 0.228 > 0.05 levels of significance. The correlation between the performance of schools and training attained by the head teacher is r = 0.579. Squaring the correlation, we get 0.3352 *100 = 33.5%, training attained by the head teacher shares approximately 33.5% of its variability to the performance of schools

Conclusion

There is no significant relationship between leadership training attained by the head teachers and the performance of schools. The correlation between the performance of schools and training attained by the head teacher is r = 0.579.

Recommendations

The Ministry of Education and Sports should emphasize and consider leadership and management courses when hiring school heads for knowledgeability of leadership functions.

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