Decentralization and quality education in selected community schools in Mufulira and Kitwe districts on the Copper-belt province of Zambia.
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description: The study set out to investigate Decentralisation and Quality Education in Community schools in Mufulira and Kitwe Districts using Right-Based Approach to education; and School-Family-Community Partnership Model by Joyce Epstein. A descriptive survey approach was used in this research and the sample comprised of 45 community schools drawn from Mufulira and Kitwe districts, 45 head teachers, 100 teachers, 45 Parents Community School Community Committee, two DEBS (Mufulira and Kitwe), three officials from Non-Governmental Organisations, namely Zambia Open Community Schools, the Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance, and United States Aid Time To Learn project. The total sample was 195 participants. The statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was engaged to analyze quantitative data. Data were collected through questionnaires, interview guides, focused group discussions, observations and document analysis of literature and institutional records. The findings of the study showed that there were three types of curriculum used in community schools namely, the Zambian curriculum of 2000, the skills, participation, Access to Relevant Knowledge curriculum of 1996, and the Revised Curriculum of 2013. The majority of the teachers, that is 89 percent, indicated that they used revised curriculum of 2013. An examination of the Grade 7 results from community school examination centres, for the period 2014 to 2017, showed that the performance of pupils between those in the studied school and the government schools were similar. The findings showed that resource mobilisation in community schools was a big challenge because community schools were non-profit making organisations. Resources were mobilised mainly from the following: school fees; donations from cooperating partners especially the United States Agency for International Development and The Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance; community contribut…
abstract: The study set out to investigate Decentralisation and Quality Education in Community schools in Mufulira and Kitwe Districts using Right-Based Approach to education; and School-Family-Community Partnership Model by Joyce Epstein. A descriptive survey approach was used in this research and the sample comprised of 45 community schools drawn from Mufulira and Kitwe districts, 45 head teachers, 100 teachers, 45 Parents Community School Community Committee, two DEBS (Mufulira and Kitwe), three officials from Non-Governmental Organisations, namely Zambia Open Community Schools, the Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance, and United States Aid Time To Learn project. The total sample was 195 participants. The statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was engaged to analyze quantitative data. Data were collected through questionnaires, interview guides, focused group discussions, observations and document analysis of literature and institutional records. The findings of the study showed that there were three types of curriculum used in community schools namely, the Zambian curriculum of 2000, the skills, participation, Access to Relevant Knowledge curriculum of 1996, and the Revised Curriculum of 2013. The majority of the teachers, that is 89 percent, indicated that they used revised curriculum of 2013. An examination of the Grade 7 results from community school examination centres, for the period 2014 to 2017, showed that the performance of pupils between those in the studied school and the government schools were similar. The findings showed that resource mobilisation in community schools was a big challenge because community schools were non-profit making organisations. Resources were mobilised mainly from the following: school fees; donations from cooperating partners especially the United States Agency for International Development and The Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance; community contribut…
author: Yumba, Dominic
language: en
keywords: Quality of education--Community schools--Zambia., Schools--Decentralization--Zambia.
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:07:03Z
provider: University of Zimbabwe
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The University of Zambia