Prospects and Challenges of Universal Secondary Education: A Case Study of the Stakeholders' Perceptions in Southwestern Uganda

Autor/in	Turyatoranwa, Julius
Titel	Prospects and Challenges of Universal Secondary Education: A Case Study of the Stakeholders' Perceptions in Southwestern Uganda
Quelle	(2017), (251 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Illinois State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3556-6819-3
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Case Studies; Attitude Measures; Secondary Education; Access to Education; Foreign Countries; Stakeholders; Administrator Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Partnerships in Education; Equal Education; Gender Differences; Educational Objectives; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sekundarbereich; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel
Abstract	In this dissertation, using a multiple case study, I investigated the stakeholders' perceptions on prospects and challenges of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy in Southwestern Uganda. Using purposeful sampling, three schools were used in the study. The following were participants selected from Southwestern Uganda that participated in the research study: two political leaders, two district leaders, two diocesan education leaders, three headteachers, three directors of studies and three parents (one from each of the three schools). The other participants were three former student beneficiaries of USE making 18 as a total number of participants. The study answered the following research questions: 1. (a) What are the stakeholders' overall perceptions of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy in Uganda? (b) In the perceptions of the stakeholders, how has the quality of education changed since the inception of USE? (c) In the perceptions of the stakeholders, what are the major successes and challenges of USE implementation? The USE started in 2007 and was meant to attain specific objectives namely: enhancing the sustainability of Universal Primary Education (UPE); increasing equitable access to Post Primary Educational Training (PPET); reducing the high cost of PPET; improving the quality of PPET and enhancing Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the provision of secondary education. Before USE there was high disparity between male and female student enrollment. The system favored boys more than it did for the girls. While USE brought dramatic increase in the enrollment of students, at the same time there was decline in the quality of education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the USE objectives were being attained or not and the challenges involved in the process. The results helped to determine recommendations for the improvement of the policy. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01