Contribution of School Management Strategies and Effective Supervision on Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary School in Iringa Municipality in Tanzania

Abstract

The aims of school management are to promote organization, mobilization and expression of both human and material conditions essential to school instructive processes that endorse the learning activities of students. This study examined the contribution of school management and its effectiveness in supervision in enhancing students’ academic performance. The primary data were collected using questionnaire tool from 256 respondents. The study applied linear regression analysis, binary logistic regression model, and simple random sampling technique in respondents’ selection. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS ver. 20, IBM, USA). The study findings revealed that students’ academic performance in any secondary school set up depends primarily on the proper orientation of school management strategies. Furthermore, the findings revealed that when school management ensure effective supervision by promoting good teachers’ payment, teacher professional development, democratic decision-making system as management strategies leads to increase students’ academic performance. The study recommended that, democratization of planned school management strategies is vital not only because many conflicts emanate from unequal involvement in implementation of school strategies, but also because school administration, as advocates of school management democratic ideas and school plan, need to practice what they preach in different school meeting.