Improving Learning in Uganda. Volume III, School-based management, policy, and functionality / Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba, James Habyarimana, and Charles Lwanga Bunjo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Najjumba, Innocent.

Contributor:

Habyarimana, James.

Bunjo, Charles Lwanga.

Series:

World Bank study.

A World Bank Study

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--Uganda.

School improvement programs.

School children--Food--Uganda.

School children.

Curriculum planning--Uganda.

Curriculum planning.

Teacher effectiveness--Uganda.

Teacher effectiveness.

School-based management--Uganda.

School-based management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : World Bank, c2013.

Summary:

Expansion of school systems through the ongoing mass education reforms in most developing countries not only translate into increased school enrolments but also increased human and financial resources at the school level. How these resources are managed is therefore central to the quest for quality and efficiency. This book therefore, is an attempt to provide insights on how schools are managed in Uganda in terms of policy and practice. The book clearly shows that Uganda's primary education reform program is anchored on clear legislated policy framework supported by intensive provision of key

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Legislative Context of School-Based Management; Tables; Table ES.1: Potential Policy and Programmatic Options; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background to the Study; Table 1.1: Key Primary Education Indicators; Study Scope and Data; Report Structure; Chapter 2 Policy and Regulatory Framework of School-Based Management in Uganda; Boxes; Box 2.1: Current Membership to SMC; Figures; Figure 2.1: Overall Objective of SMCs in Uganda, 1969-2010; Figure 2.2: Evolution of SMC's Roles in Uganda, 2001-2010

Chapter 3 Capacity of School Management CommitteesSMC Members' Knowledge and Perceptions about Their Roles; Figure 3.1: Reported Functions of SMCs by SMC members; Uganda 2011; Figure 3.2: Access to SMC Handbook and Education Act, SBM Survey 2011; Figure 3.3: Head Teachers' Perceptions about SMC Members; Uganda SBM Survey, 2011; Figure 3.4: Most Important Problems Facing Public Schools; Uganda SBM Survey, 2011; Figure 3.5: Most Important Problems Facing Private Schools; Uganda SBM Survey 2011; Figure 3.6: Most Serious Problems Faced by Schools as Identified by Head Teachers, UNPS 2009/10

Capacity Development Efforts for SMCsFigure 3.7: SMC Knowledge about Key Aspects in the School vis-à-vis Head Teachers' Reports; Uganda 2011; Box 3.1: USAID/UNITY Project SMC Training Model; Supervisory Support to Schools from the Districts as Another Capacity Enhancement Measure; Figure 3.8: Months Since the DEOs and DIS' Visit to Schools by Type of School and Region; SBM Survey; Uganda 2011; Box 3.2: Summary of Findings; Figure 3.9: Percent Distribution of Schools Visited by District and Other Officials in the Last 12 Months in Uganda; UNHS 2009/10; Notes

Chapter 4 Functionality of School-Based Management StructuresWho Participates and Avenues of Participation in School Governance; Figures 4.1a-c: Existence of School Improvement Plans by Type of School and Region; SBM Survey Uganda, 2011; Figure 4.2: Most Important Objective of the SIP by School Type and Region; SBM Survey Uganda, 2011; Figure 4.3: Year When the School Development Plan was Developed; SBM Survey Uganda, 2011; Figure 4.4: Role Played by SMC Members in the School Development Planning Process; SBM Survey Uganda, 2011

Table 4.1: Likelihood of SMC Members Engagement with the Head Teacher in the School Planning Process SBM Survey Uganda, 2011; Table 4.2: Likelihood of Participation in the Endorsement of the Most Recent Plan by SMC Members; SBM Survey, 2011; Box 4.1: Constraints to SMC Participation in the SIP Process-Views from Focus Group Discussions; Figure 4.5: SMC Members' Satisfaction with Planning and Budgeting Processes; SBM Survey Uganda, 2011; Table 4.3: Likelihood of Being Satisfied with the School Budgeting Process by SMC Sociodemographic Attributes; SBM Survey, 2011

Box 4.2: Constraints to SMC Participation in the Budgeting and Financial Management Process-Views From Focus Group Discussions

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2013).

ISBN:

9780821398494

0821398490

OCLC:

831118639

Publisher Number:

10.1596/978-0-8213-9847-0